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ROLL 

of the 
Fifty-Fourth National Encampment 

Grand Army of 
the Republic 



ALSO 
LIST OF COMMITTEES 



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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 

SEPTEMBER 19-25 

1920 



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MEMBERSHIP 



OF 



THE 54th NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. 



The total number of names appearing on the Roll of the Fifty-fourth 
National Encampment, as shown by the following table, is 1,384. 
Deducting previously reported as indicated by t the net voting strength is 
1,277. 



NATIONAL OFFICERS 

PAST NATIONAL OFFICERS 

DEPARTMENTS 



&5E 
PO 



& CD 



nj o 



3 > O 
CD Sh CD 






National Officers entitled to vote. 
National C'ncil of Administra'n. 

Past Commanders-in-Chief 

Past S. V. Commanders-in-Chief. 
Past J. V. Commanders-in-Chief. 

Alabama 

Arizona 

Arkansas 

California and Nevada 

Colorado and Wyoming 

Connecticut 

Delaware - 

Florida 

Georgia and South Carolina 

Idaho 

Illinois 

Indiana 

Iowa — 

Kansas 

Kentucky 

Louisiana and Mississippi 

Maine 

Maryland 

Massachusetts L 

Michigan 1 

Minnesota ! 

Missouri 

Montana 

Nebraska 

New Hampshire... 

New Jersey 

New Mexico 

New York 

North Dakota 

Ohio 

Oklahoma 

Oregon J 

Pennsylania ., 

Potomac 

Rhode Island 

South Dakota 

Tennessee 

Texas 

Utah 

Vermont 

Virginia and North Carolina 

Washington and Alaska 

West Virginia 

Wisconsin 



Total 



4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 

176 



1 

1 

2 

17 

6 

6 

2 

3 

1 

2 

26 

22 

21 

19 

3 

2 

7 

4 

21 

17 

8 

11 

2 



7 
1 

33 
2 

38 
4 
7 

34 
4 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
5 
2 
8 
3 

11 

388 



11 
13 
21 
31 
17 
16 
21 
14 
14 
16 
10 
21 
18 
13 
13 

6 
16 
18 
14 
18 
20 
17 
11 
22 
15 
16 
14 
18 
17 
16 
20 
19 
17 
27 
13 
23 
15 
11 
11 
14 

8 
20 
14 
25 



10 
44 
13 
14 
15 
16 
18 
27 
52 
27 
26 
27 
21 
19 
22 
40 
47 
43 
36 
20 
12 
27 
26 
39 
39 
32 
32 
17 
34 
23 
27 
19 
55 
23 
58 
28 
30 
55 
35 
20 
30 
22 
17 
17 
23 
14 
32 
21 
40 



724 I 1,384 



2 
1 
1 
5 

107 



10 
44 
13 
12 
13 
14 
15 
23 
50 
26 
26 
26 
20 
15 
20 
39 
44 
40 
35 
17 
10 
24 
22 
37 
37 
28 
26 
14 
30 
23 
25 
17 
53 
20 
55 
25 
29 
53 
29 
19 
24 
22 
16 
16 
23 
12 
31 
20 
35 

1,277 






ROLL 

of the 

FIFTY-FOURTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

Grand Army of the Republic 

Indianapolis, Indiana, September 19 to 25, 1920 



NATIONAL OFFICERS 

Commander-in-Chief, 
DANIEL M. HALL, Columbus, Ohio. 

Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, 
CHARLES B. WILSON, Los Angeles, California. 

Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, 
ISIDORE ISAACS, New York City. 

Surg; on-General 
STEPHEN I. BROWN, Knox, Indiana. 

Chaplain-in-Chief 
W. W. GIST, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 

Adjutant-General 
JOSEPH W. O'NEALL, Lebanon, Ohio. 

Quartermaster-General, 
COLA D. R. STOWITS, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Judge Advocate-General 
WILLIAM A. KETCHAM, Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Inspector-General, 
JAMES J. TAYLOR, Newark, New Jersey. 

National Patriotic Intsructor, 
HOSEA W. ROOD, Madison, Wisconsin. 

Assistant Adjutant-Gsneral, 
fWILLIAM S. MATTHEWS, Columbus, Ohio. 

Assistant Quartermaster-General, 
fj. HENRY HOLCOMB, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Chief of Staff, 
fGEORGE A. HOSLEY, Boston, Massachusetts. 

Senior Aide-de-Camp, 
fTHOMAS J. McCONEKEY, Brooklyn, New York. 



fComrade Matthews, Assistant Adjutant-General of Ohio. 

fComrade Holcomb not entitled to vote. 

fComrade Hosley, Past Department Commander of Massachusetts. 

fComrade McConekey, Junior Vice-Department Commander of New York. 



4 FIFTY-FOUKTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION 

Alabama George F. Jackson Birmingham 

Arizona E. S. Godfrey Cookstown, N. J. • 

Arkansas Cos Altenberg Little Rock 

California and Nevada W. H. Noll Los Angeles 

Colorado and Wyoming O. S. Reed Pueblo 

Connecticut Harry L. Beach Hartford 

Delaware Henry W. Hancock Wilmington 

Florida Henry A. Thompson St. Petersburg 

Georgia and S. Carolina...- G. E. Whitman Fitzgerald, Ga. 

Idaho G. F. Kimery Boise 

♦Illinois John B. Inman.... Springfield 

Indiana David N. Foster Fort Wayne 

*Iowa J. W. Willett Tama 

Kansas G. F. Pendarvis Parsons 

Kentucky . Americus Whedon Washington, D. C. 

Lousiana and Mississippi.. E. K. Russ New Orleans, La. 

Maine Edwin Riley Livermore Falls 

Maryland John A. Thompson Baltimore 

Massachusetts W. A. Wetherbee Newton 

Michigan H. A. Chapin Lansing 

♦Minnesota Philip G. Woodward Anoka 

Missouri John M. Williams California 

Montana George H. Taylor Helena 

Nebraska John A. Ehrhardt Stanton 

New Hampshire John R. Emerson Dumbarton 

New Jersey William O. Allen Newark 

New Mexico John Greinwald Socorro 

*New York George A. Price Brooklyn 

North Dakota Pat. H. Cummings Fargo 

*Ohio John C. Roland Cleveland 

Oklahoma F. A. Brown Shawnee 

Oregon A. W. Gowan Burns 

* Pennsylvania „..J. Andrew Wilt Towanda 

Potomac John Middleton Washington, D. C. 

Rhode Island John A. Medbery East Providence 

South Dakota T. C. De Jean Plankinton 

Tennessee Newton Hacker Jonesboro 

Texas.— H. W. Nye Forth Worth 

Utah H. W. Charter Sandy 

Vermont James Cummings Orwell 

Virginia and N. Carolina... H. W. Weiss Emporia. Va. 

Washington and Alaska F. H. Hurd Seattle, Wash. 

West Virginia E. A. Billingslea Fairmont 

Wisconsin H. R. Bird Madison 



•Member of Executive Committee of National Council of Administration. 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 



PAST NATIONAL OFFICERS 
Past Commanders-in-Chief 

{B. F. Stephenson (provisional) (died Aug. 30, 1871) 1866 

{S. A. Hurlbut, Illinois (died March 27, 1882) 1866-67 

{John A. Logan, Illinois (died Dec 26, 1886) 1868-70 

{Ambrose E. Burnside, Rhode Island (died Sept. 18, 1881) 1871-72 

{Charles Devens, Massachusetts (died Jan. 7, 1892) 1873-74 

{John F. Hartranft, Pennsylvania (died Oct. 17, 1899) 1875-76 

{John C. Robinson, New York (died Feb. 18, 1897) 1877-78 

{William Earnshaw, Ohio (died July 17, 1885) 1879 

{Louis Wagner, Pennsylvania (died Jan. 15, 1914) 1880 

{George S. Merrill, Massachusetts (died Feb. 17, 1900) 1881 

{Paul Van Dervoort, Nebraska (died July 29, 1902) 1882 

{Robert B. Beath, Pennsylvania (died Nov. 25, 1914) 1883 

{John S. Kountz, Ohio (died June 14, 1909) 1884 

{Samuel S. Burdett, Potomac (died Sept. 24, 1914) 1885 

{Lucius Fairchild, Wisconsin (died May 23, 1896) 1886 

{John P. Rea, Minnesota (died May 28, 1900) 1887 

{William Warner, Missouri (died Oct. 4, 1916) 1888 

{Russell A. Alger, Michigan (died Jan. 24, 1907) 1889 

{Wheelock G. Veazy, Vermont (died March 22, 1898) 1890 

{John Palmer, New York (died April 15, 1905) 1891 

A. G. Weissert, Milwaukee, Wis 1892 

{John G. B. Adams, Massachusetts (died Oct. 19, 1900) 1893 

{Thomas G. Lawler, Illinois (died Feb. 3, 1908) 1894 

{Ivan N. Walker, Indiana (died Sept. 22, 1905) 1895 

{T. S. Clarkson, Nebraska (died Jan. 16, 1915) : 1896 

{John P. S. Gobin, Pennsylvania (died May 10, 1910) 1897 

{James A. Sexton, Illinois (died in office Feb. 5, 1899) 1898 

{W. C. Johnson, Ohio (died April 27, 1917) 1899 

{Albert D. Shaw, New York (died Feb. 10, 1901) 1899 

Leo Rassieur, St. Louis, Mo 1900 

Ell Torrance, Minneapolis, Minn 1901 

{Thomas J. Stewart, Pennsylvania (died Sept. 11, 1917) 1902 

{John C. Black, Illinois (died Aug. 17, 1915) 1903 

{Wilmon W. Blackmar, Massachusetts (died in office July 16, 1905) 1904 

John R. King, Baltimore, Md, 1905 

James Tanner, Washington, D. C .. . 1905 

{Robert B. Brown, Ohio (died July 30, 1916) 1906 

Charles G. Burton. Kansas City. Mo 1907 

{Henry M. Nevius, New Jersey (died Jan. 28, 1911) 1908 

Samuel R. Van Sant, Minneapolis, Minn 1909 

John E. Gilman, Boston, Mass 1910 

{Harvey M. Trimble, Illinois (died Jan. 10, 1918) 1911 

{Alfred B. Beers, Connecticut (died March 31, 1920) 1912 

Washington Gardner, Albion, Mich 1913 

David J. Palmer, Wa?hington, la 1914 

{Elias R. Monfort, Ohio (died July 29, 1920) 1915 

W. J. Patterson, Pittsburgh, Pa 1916 

Orlando A. Somers, Kokomo, Ind 1917 

Clarendon E. Adams, Omaha, Neb 1918 

{James D. Bell, New York (died Nov. 1, 1919) 1919 

tDeceased. 



FIFTY-FOURTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



Past Senior Vice Commanders-in-Chief 

{James B. McKean, New York (died Jan. 5, 1879) 1866-67 

{Joshua T. Owen, Pennsylvania (died Nov. 7, 1887) 1868 

{Lucius Fairchilcl Wisconsin (died May 23, 1896) 1868-70 

{Louis Wagner, Pennsylvania (died Jan. 15, 1914) 1871-72 

{Edward Jardine, New York (died March 13, 1896) 1874 

{Joseph S. Reynolds, California (died Sept. 18, 1911) 1875-76 

{Elisha H. Rhodes, Rhode Island (died Jan. 14, 1917) 1877 

{Paul Van Dervoort, Nebraska (died July 29, 1902) 1878 

{John Palmer, New York (died April 15, 1905) 1879 

{Edgar D. Swain, Illinois (died April 28, 1904) 1880 

{Charles L. Young, Ohio (died in September, 1913) 1881 

{W. E. W. Ross, Maryland (died Nov. 14, 1907) 1882 

{William Warner, Missouri (died Oct. 4, 1916) 1883 

{John P. Rea, Minnesota (died May 28, 1900) 1884 

{Selden Connor, Maine (died July 9, 1917) 1885 

S. W. Backus, San Francisco, Calif 1886 

{Nelson Cole, Missouri (died July 31, 1899) 1887 

Mosss H. Neil, Columbus, Ohio - 1888 

f A. G. Weissert, Milwaukee, Wis - - 1889 

{Richard F. Tobin, Massachusetts (died in office Nov. 22, 1890) 1890 

{George H. Innis, Massachusetts (elected to fill vacancy April 7, 1891; 

died Jan. 19, 1907) 1891 

{Henry M. Duffield, Detroit, Mich, (died July 13, 1912) 1891 

{R. H. Warfield, California (died July 16, 1906) 1892 

{Ivan N. Walker, Indiana (died Sept. 22, 1905) 1893 

{A. P. Burchfielcl, Pennsylvania (died Jan. 8, 1910) 1894 

{E. H. Hobson, Kentucky (died Sept. 13, 1901) - - 1895 

{John H. Mullen, Minnesota (died April 3, 1907) 1896 

Alfred Lyth, Buffalo, N. Y 1897 

{W. C. Johnson, Ohio (elected Commander-in-Chief Sept. 5, 1899) 1898 

{Danid Ross, Delaware (elected to fill vacancy Sept. 5, 1899; died 

March 26, 1916) 1899 

{Irvin Robbins, Indiana (died Feb. 9, 1911) - - 1899 

Edwin C. Milliken, Portland. Me 1900 

John McElroy, Washington, D. C 1901 

{William M. Olin, Massachusetts (died April 15, 1911) 1902 

{C. Mason Kinne, California (died Dec. 25, 1913) - 1903 

{John R. King, Baltimore, Md (promoted to Commander-in-Chief, 

July 17, 1905) 1904 

{George W. Patten, Tennessee (promoted to fill vacancy; died S;pt. 

19, 1906) 1905 

{George W. Cook, Colorado (died Dec, 17, 1916) 1905 

{William H. Armstrong, Indiana (died Sept. 28, 1914) 1906 

{Lewis E. Griffith, New York (died Oct. 6, 1912) 1907. 

t-J. Kent Hamilton, Ohio (died Dec. 29, 1918) 1908 

'William M. Bostaph, Salt Lake City, Utah 1909 

Charles Burrows, Rutherford, N. J 1910 

{Nicholas W. Day, New York (died March 6, 1916) 1911 

Henry Z. Osborne, Los Angeles, Calif 1912 

{Thomas H. Soward, Oklahoma (died Aug. 21, 1918) 1913 

t.Toseph B. Griswold, Michigan (died in office, March 9, 1915) 1914 

{William F. Conner, Texas (promoted to fill vacancy March 10, 1915) 

(died March 1, 1919) 1915 

Gforge H. Slaybaugh, Washington, D. C 1915 

William H. Wormstead, Kansas City, Mo 1916 

John L. Clem, Washington, D. C 1917 

John G. Chambers, Portland, Ore 1918 

tComrade Weissert, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade King, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
{Deceased. 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 
Past Junior Vice-Commanders-in-Chief 



Jjoseph R Hawley, Connecticut (died March 18 1905) 1866-69 

JLouis Wagner, Pennsylvania (died Jan 15 1914) i»/y 

JJames Coey, California (died July 14, 1918) 



james uuey, (jaiuuima v " ,, >rr. ' 1871 79 

J. Warren Keifer, Springfield Ohio 1873 

tEdward Ferguson, Wisconsin (died Sept. 18, 1901) {°'^ 

JGuy T. Gould, Illinois (died March 4 U19) -_-. ^5 76 

JCharles J. Buckbee, Connecticut (died Nov. 5, 1896).... 107? 

JWilliam Earnshaw, Ohio (died July 17, 1885) l*'* 

JHerbert E. Hill, Massachusetts (died April 8, 1892) 18^8 

Harrison Dingman, Washington, DC. ■-■--■---------■; Toon 

JGeorge Bowers, New Hampshire (died Feb. 14, 1884).... 188U 

JC V. R. Pond, Michigan (died June 9, 1912).... - 1881 

JI. S. Bangs, Maine (died May 30, 1903)... ----------------- J 

JWalter H Holmes, California (died March 26 1889).... - 1883 

lira E. Hicks, Connecticut (died March 23, 1919) - 1884 

JJohn R. Lewis, Georgia (died Feb 8, 1900) 1885 

JEdgar Allan, Virginia (died Oct. 28 1904)... ....... 1886 

JJohn C. Linehan, New Hampshire (died Sept. 19, 1905).... 1887 

SJoseph Hadfield, New York *°°° 

John F. Lovett, Trenton, N. J. v ---- r -—~;"-:-x""r^^r-" " \laK 

tGeorge B Creamer, Maryland (died Sept. 16, 1896) |8JU 

JT. S. Clarkson, Nebraska (died Jan. 16, 1915) ." 18J1 

tPeter B. Ayars, Delaware (died Jan. 19, 1904) - j»jz 

JJ. C. Bigger, Texas (died Sept 24, 1900) ... --■- - 1893 

JCharles H. Shute, Louisiana (died Nov. 26, 1907).. i»^ 

IS G Cosgrove, Washington and Alaska (died in 1911) - jsjd 

JCharles W. Buckley, Alabama (died Dec. 4, 1906) - |»JO 

Francis B. Allen, Hartford, Conn .-.-.-.------- --* - - iOJ ' 

JDaniel Ro<s, Delaware (elected Senior Vice Sept. 6, 1899; office of 

Junior Vice left vacant; died March 26, 1916) 1898 

JMichael Minton, Kentucky (died Oct. 9, 1911) |8jy 

{Frank Seaman, Tennessee (died Nov -.20 >, 1910) ^ 

JJames O'Donnell, Illinois (died Feb. 15, 1910 1^1 

JJames P. Averill, Georgia (died Oct. 12 1904) 1^ 

JHarry C. Kessler, Montana (died Sept. 10, 190/) ~ ------- l JUrf 

tGeorge N. Patten, Tennessee (promoted to Senior Vice-Commandei- 

* in-Chief; died Sept. 19, 1906) ~- »— --- 1904 

JEphraim B. Stillings, Massachusetts (elected to fill vacancy Sept. 4, 

1905; died Dec. 30, 1917) }££ 

Silas H. Towler, Minneapolis, Minn j^jjg 

E. B. Fenton, Evanston, 111 |^ 07 

William M. Scott, Atlanta, Ga |^„„ 

Charles C. Royce, Washington D C -----------------:---■ 

jAlfred B. Beers, Connecticut (died March 31, 1920) - j^ 

William James, Jacksonville, Fla - * 

JWilliam A. Ogden, Kansas (died Oct. 31, 1914).... j^j£ 

fAmericus Whedon, Washington, D. C ^ " 

A. S. Fowler, Little Rock, Ark - -v -- ■■ .- iJ1 ° 

±W F Conner, Dallas, Tex. (promoted to Senior Vice-Commander-m- 

Chief; died March 1, 1919)... :--■---"■--:- " }l\i 

Oscar A. Janes, Detroit, Mich, (elected April 1, 1915) jJja 

Le Vant Dodge, Berea, Ky „ 1fi 

E. K. Russ, New Orleans, La }* 

John M. Vernon, Wilmette, 111 - - - t^t ' 

Charles H. Haber, National Soldier's Home, Va 1J1 ° 

f Comrade Whedon, Member of National Council of Administration. 
rComrade Russ. Member of National Council of Administration. 
5 Not now a member of Order. 
{Deceased. 



8 



FIFTY-FOURTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



The figures within the ( ) indicate the number of each Department 
in order of permanent organization. 

ALABAMA (42) 

[Organized June 26, 1876. Reorganized March 12, 1889. Membership, 
December 31, 1919, 55. Posts, 3.] 

Department Commander John A. Barr Citronelle 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. James Ashworth Birmingham 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. W. J. Shipman Birmingham 

Assistant Adjutant-General Charles C. Chapin Birmingham 

Representative Alternate 

Louis Marschael, Mobile Frank Fournier, Ensley 

Past Department Commanders 

JCornelius Cadle, 1868-70. JR. H. Allison, 1903. 

JDatus E. Coon, 1871. Henry Chairsell, Birmingham, 1904. 

JGeorge H. Patrick, 1871-80. A. G. Negley, Florence, 1905. 

JF. G. Sheppard, 1889. A. N. Ballard, Birmingham, 1906. 

JWilliam H. Hunter, 1890. JW. M. Campbell, 1907. 

JSevmour Bullock, 1891 (died in JC. E. Peck, 1908 (died in office). 

office). JC. A. Cook, 1908. 

JA. B. Hayes, 1891. JThomas R. Gockel, 1909. 

JWilliam Snyder, 1892. Henry M. Austin, Bedford, Va., 1910. 
J J. Clyde Millar, 1893 (see Calif or- f Charles C. Chapin, Birmingham, 

nia and Nevada). 1911. 

JCharles W. Buckley, 1894. §W. H. Brooks, 1912. 

JManoah Bostick, 1895. {Joseph Greenwood, 1913. 

§George F. Wollenhaupt, 1896. JAnson B. Culver, 1914. 

JW. H. Black, 1897. Charles A. Mange, Anniston, 1915. 

JA. G. Bethard, 1898. J. J. Powers, Mobile, 1916. 

$A. P. Stone, 1899. E. F. Quinn, Birmingham, 1917. 

JGeorge B. Randolph, 1900. Isaac W. Higgs, Citronelle, 1918. 

fGeo. F. Jackson, Birmingham, 1901. A. W. Fulghum, Birmingham, 1919. 
JE. D. Bacon, 1902. 

fComrade Jackson, National Council of Administration. 
fComrade Chapin, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
SNot now a member of the Order. 
| Deceased. 

ARIZONA (40) 

[Organized Jan. 17, 1888. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 75; Posts, 5] 

Department Commander J. P. Rhodes Phoenix 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. J. Woodson Phoenix 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Marion Abbott Phoenix 

Assistant Adjutant-General A. J. Sampson Phoenix 

Representatives Alternate 

Warren E. Day, Prescott Milo Webb, Phoenix 

Past Department Commanders 

JA. L. Grow, 1888. JR. H. G. Minty, 1900. 

A. B. Sampson, Tucson, 1889. JProsper P. Parker, 1901. 

JGeorge F. Coates, 1890. JC. F. Schumacher, 1902. 

JEdward Schwartz, 1891-92. JGeorge W. Sanders, 1903. 

JDouglas Snyder, 1893. JC. M. Christy, 1904. 

Charles D. Belden, Ben Avon, Pa., Arthur J. Judd, Prescott, 1905. 

1894. JJames H. Creighton, 1906. 

JW. F. R. Schindler, 1895. IN. S. Fullmer, 1907. 

{Archibald J. Sampson, Phoenix, JA. J. Doran, 1908. 

1896. fD. P. Kyle, Los Angeles, Cal., 1909. 

JGeorge Hoxworth, 1897. f E. S. Godfrey, Cookstown, N. J., 1910. 
JJames Finley, 1898. R. H. Green, Phoenix, 1911. 

JGeorge Broughton, 1899. James F. Duncan, Tombstone, 1912. 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 9 

Arizona - Past Department Commanders Continued 

JJ. J. Hill, 1913 (died in office). Henry H. Farrington, Phoenix, 

George W. Reed, Prescott, 1913-14. 1917-18. 

W. M. Grier, Phoenix, 1915. A. J. Christian, Phoenix, 1919. 

George W. Barrows, Phoenix, 1916. 

fComrade Sampson, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
fComrade Kyle. See California and Nevada. 
fComrade Godfrey, National Council of Administration. 
{Deceased. 

ARKANSAS (31) 

[Organized July 11, 1883. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 243; Posts, 11] 

Department Commander Jacob E. Leas Little Rock 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. A. L. Thomas Hot Springs 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. W. M. Sullivan Bentonville 

Assistant Adjutant-General Geo. W. Clark Little Rock 

Representatives Alternates 

James H. Conley, Little Rock Charles Ramsey, Little Rock 

M. C. Stouteagle, Little Rock Philip Young, Pine Bluff 

Past Department Commanders 

IStephsn Wheeler, 1883-84. W. G. Akers, Little Rock, 1901. 

C. M. Barnes, Guthrie, Okla., 1885. John H. Avery, Hot Springs, 1902-3. 

C. C. Waters, Little Rock, 1886. Edward T. Wolfe, Mena, 1904. 

JThomas Boles, 1887. W. S. Bartholomew, Mansfield, 1905. 

JS. K. Robinson, 1888. JJ. W. Lane, 1906. 

fA. S. Fowler, Little Rock, 1889-90. fCos Altenberg, Little Rock, 1907. 

W. H. H. Clayton, South McAles- JCharles E. Newman, 1908. 

ter, Okla., 1891. $A. Y. Killingsworth, 1909. 
tPowell Clayton, 1892. J. M. McClintock, De Vails Bluff. 

JLogan H. Roots, 1893 (died in 1910. 

office). JR. J. Maxson, 1911. 
{Thomas H. Barnes, 1893-94. F. W. Tucker, Little Rock, 1912. 

Wm. C. Roberts, Rogers, 1895. fA. S. Fowler, Little Rock, 1913-14. 

O. M. Spellman, Heber, 1896. Charles S. Warn, Forth Smith, 1915. 

A. H. Soekland, Little Rock, 1897. H. F. Wallace, Siloam Springs, 1916. 
JW. G. Gray, 1898. O. J. Kyler, Little Rock, 1917. 

fGeorge W. Clark, Little Rock, 1899. Horace Wyman, Bentonville, 1918. 
|A. L. Thompson, 1900. Samuel Henderson, Little Rock, 1919. 

fComrade Clark, Assistant Adjutant-General. 

fComrade Fowler, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 

fComrade Altenbersr. National Council of Administration. 

{Deceased. 

CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA (10) 

[Organized Feb. 21, 1868. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 4,852; Posts, 92] 

Department Commander George D. Kellogg New Castle 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. G. M. Burlingame Pasadena 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. E. C. Durfee Santa Barbara 

Assistant Adjutant-General E. L. Hawk Sacramento 

Representatives Alternates 

C. A. Fuller, Los Angeles Joseph Diehl, Los Angeles 

W. A. Huddart, Berkeley M. D. Lininger, San Francisco 

W. H. Amos, San Francisco Levi Garrett, Fresno 

L. C. Hunt, Long Beach J. E. Myrick, Oakland 

T. W. Lincoln, Lout;- Beach A. M. Pelton, Los Angeles 

Robert Lyon, Pasadena H. S. Enyeart, Los Angeles 

S. W. Sutton, Santa Ana Francis McCabe, Veterans' Home 

R. A. Sarle, San Francisco S. S. Stowe, Watts 



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FIFTY-FOURTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



California and Nevada — Representatives and Alternates — Continued 



Wm. O'Farrell, San Diego 
J. E. Frymeir, Los Angeles 
W. M. Sanders, Santa Monica 
O. H. Maryatt, Santa Ana 
D. W. Hasson, Buena Park 
M. E. Gates, San Francisco 
J. M. Aubery, Los Angeles 
T. M. Barrett, Glendale 
Horace Wilson, San Francisco 



Alfred Noack, Oakland 

Ed. Fitzgerald, Lodi 

A. E. Potter, Colusa 

Frank P. Wisker, San Francisco 

J. T. Warner, Whittier 

S. D. Graves, Long Beach 

G. W. Wilcox, Long Beach 

H. L. Judell, San Francisco 

E. T. Allen, San Francisco 



Past Department Commanders 



JJohn F. Miller, 1867 (Provisional)! 
JJames Coey, 1868-69. 
JW. L. Campbell, 1870. 
JW. E. McArthur, 1871-72. 

W. H. Aiken, Wrights, 1873-74. 
JA. Carlson, 1875. 
±A. C. Bagley, 1876. 
fS. W. Backus, San Francisco, 1877. 
JS. P. Ford, 1878-79. 
1C. Mason Kinne, 1880-81. 
JW. A. Robinson, 1882. 
JJames W. Staples, 1883. 
JJames M. Davis, 1884. „ 
JR< H. Warfield, 1885. 
JW. R. Smedberg, 1886. 
JE. S. Salomon, 1887. 
JT. H. Goodman, 1888. 
JGeorge E. Gard, 1889. 
1A. J. Buckles, 1890. 
JW. H. L. Barnes, 1891. 
JJ. B. Fuller, 1892. 

E. C. Seymour, Highlands, 1893 

J. M. Walling, Nevada City, 1894. 
JCharles E. Wilson, 1895. 
§T. C. Masteller, 1896. 

N. P. Chipman, Sacramento, 1897. 



JSol. Cahen, 1898. 
JA. F. Dill, 1899. 

George M. Mott, Berkeley, 1900. 
JGeorge Stone, 1901. 
JW. G. Hawley, 1902. 
JWilliam R. Shatter, 1903. 
JCharles T. Rice, 1904. 

W. W. Russell, Berkeley, 1905. 

Wm. C. Alberger, San Francisco, 
1906. 
JWm. G. Waters, 1907. 

Samuel Merrill, Long Beach, 1908. 

Wm. S. Daubenspsck, Los; Angeles, 
1909. 
fE. L. Hawk, Sacramento, 1910. 

H. V. Parker, Los Angeles, 1911. 

Wm. R. Thomas, Oakland, 1912. 

G. M. Stormont, Pomona, 1913. 

B. B. Tuttle, Davis, 1914. 

Hiram B. Thompson, National City, 

1915. 
A. E. Leavitt, San Francisco, 1916. 

C. H. Haskins, Los Angeles, 1917. 
JJohn H. Robert?, 1918. 

Russell C. Martin, Los Angeles, 1919. 



Transferred from other Departments. 

JJoseph S. Reynolds, 1877, transferred from Illinois. 

W. V. Lucas, Santa Cruz, 1884-86, transferred from South Dakota. 

A. V. Cole, Long Beach, 1885, transferred from Nebraska. 

E. T. Langley, Santa Ana, 1890, transferred from South Dakota. 

William A. Bentley, Los Angeles, 1891, transferred from North Dakota. 

J. J. Steadman, Hollywood, 1892, transferred from Iowa. 
JJ. Clyde Millar, 1893, transferred from Alabama. 
JJ. P. Cummings, 1894 4 transferred from Oklahoma. 
JGeorge Hoxworth, 1897, transferred from Arizona. 
JO. H. Coulter, 1899, transferred from Kansas. 
JM. A. Breeden. 1900, transferred from Utah. 

Perry H. Manchester, Los Angeles, 1900, transferred from Montana. 

A. H. DeGroff, San Jose, 1901, transferred from Wisconsin. 

James E. Burns, Fresno, 1901, transferred from Oklahoma. 

John W. Edwards, National Soldiers' Home, 1902, transferred from New 
Mexico. 

Thomas E. Blanchard. Santa Cruz, 1902, transferred from South Dakota. 

John C. Gipson. San Diego, 1902, transferred from New York. See North 
Dakota and Oklahoma. 



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California and Nevada— Transferred from other Departments- Continued 

JR. H. Mellette, 1907, transferred from Colorado and Wyoming. 
D. P. Kyle, Los Angeles, 1909, transferred from Arizona. 

tComrade Hawk, Assistant Adjutant-General. 

fComrade Backus, Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 

§Not now a member of Order. 

{Deceased. 

COLORADO AND WYOMING (21) 

[Organized as the Department of Colorado in 1868; re-organized in 1876 as 
Department of the Mountains; name changed to Colorado, July 31, 
1882; name changed to Colorado and Wyoming, Aug. 28, 1889. Mem- 
bership, Dec. 31, 1919, 1,406; Posts, 57.] 

Department Commander Marshall S. Crawford Denver 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. M. R. Garaghty Canon City 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. A. H. H. Baxter La Junta 

Assistant Adjutant-General Abraham W. Emily Denver 

Representatives Alternates 

Wm. Butler, Longmont H. W. Smith, Colorado Springs 

J. E. Laycock, Manitou J. M. Johnson, Golden 

H. M. Rhoads, Denver F. C. Barker, Denver 

F. L. Weaver, Pueblo S. J. Capps, La Vita 

J. E. Jewell, Fort Morgan D. D. Desmond, Denver 

Jacob Brown, Denver G. H. Young, Evans 

Past Department Commanders 

{Andrew Taylor, 1875-77. {Linus E. Sherman, 1901. 

{F. J. Bancroft, 1878-79. J. W. Huff, Downs, Kas., 1902. 

±J. W. Donnellan, 1880-81. H. S. Vaughn, Denver, 1903. 

{E. K. Stimson, 1882-83. Thomas J. Downen, Pueblo, 1904. 

{Byron L. Carr, 1884. {George W. Curfman, 1905. 

{A. V. Bohn, 1885. L. C. Dana, San Diego, Cal., 1906. 

{Henry Bowman, 1886. JR. H. Mellette (See California and 

{George Ady, 1887. Nevada), 1907. 

{John W. Browning, 1888. Henry C Watson, Greeley, 1908. 

{Thomas J. Fisher, 1889. John W. Wingate, Durango, 1909. 

{Deles L. Holden, 1890. {W. W. Ferguson, 1910 (died in office). 

{George W. Cook, 1891. W. H. McDonald, Grand Junction, 

{John C. Kennedy, 1892. 1910. 

{Myron W. Reed, 1893. Dexter T. Sapp, Gunnison, 1911. 

{Nathaniel Rollins,. 1894. H. M. Minor, Rocky Ford, 1912. 

{N. J. O'Brien, 1895. C. A. Brooks, Denver, 1913. 

H. O. Dodge, Boulder, 1896. fO. S. Reed, Pueblo, 1914. 

U. S. Hollistsr, Hollywood, Cal., F. O. Burdick, Boulder, 1915. 

1897. {James Moynahan, 1916. 

{W. T. S. May, 1898. W. H. Comstock, Denver, 1917. 

{Andrew Royal, 1899. Asa Curl, Colorado Springs, 1918. 

{H. M. Orahood, 1900. Carroll M. Bills, Denver, 1919. 

tComrade O. S. Reed, National Council of Administration. 
{Deceased. 



CONNECTICUT (6) 

[Organized April 11, 1867. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 1,489; Posts, 57] 

Department Commander Randolph W. Williamson Hartford 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. William L. Davies New London 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. J. J. Noxon Middletown 

Assistant Adjutant-General Albert J. Stark Bristol 



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Connecticut — Continued 
Representatives Alternates 

Frank Miller, Bridgeport W. H. Huntley, Branford 

Charles Fenton, Willimantic L. W. Starr, New London 

George S. Buxton, Norwalk H. F. Wilbur, Meriden 

John H. Thacher, Hartford H. F. McCullom, New Haven 

Fred S. Snow, New Haven John C. Fisher, Middletown 

L. O. Chittenden, Guilford John Service, Norwich 

Past Department Commanders 

{Edward Harland, 1867. {Gustav D. Bates, 1897. 

{Theodore G. Ellis, 1868-69. {William E. Simonds, 1898. 

{William H. Mallory, 1870-71. {Henry R. Jones, 1899. 

{L. A. Dickinson, 1872-73. {John K. Bucklyn, 1900. 

{Charles J. Buckbee, 1874-75. {Thomas Boudren, 1901. 

{William E. Disbrow, 1876-77. N. Burton Rogers, Danbury, 1902. 

{Frank G. Otis, 1878 (died in office). Morgan G. Bulkeley, Hartford, 1903. 

{Charles E. Fowler, 1878-79. {William C. Hillard, 1904. 

George S. Smith, Niantic, 1880. {Albert A. May, 1905. 

{Alfred B. Beers, 1881. Virgil F. McNeil, New Haven, 1906. 

{Ira E. Hicks, 1882. {Charles A. Appel, 1907. 

{Isaac B. Hyatt, 1883. {Edward Griswold, 1908. 

{William Berry, 1884. George Haven, New London, 1909. 

Frank D. Sloat, Washington, D. C, §Edson S. Bishop, Hartford, 1910. 

1885. Richard J. Cutbill, S. Norwalk, 1911. 

{John T. Crary, 1886. William H. Dougal, New Preston, 
{Henry E. Taintor, 1887. 1912. 

Samu:l B. Thorne, Winsted, 1888. {James R. Sloane, 1913. 

{William H. Pierpont, 1889. Frederick V. Streeter, New Britain, 
{John C. Broatch, 1890. 1914. 

{Henry N. Fanton, 1891. Charles Griswold, Guilford, 1915. 

{Benajah E. Smith, 1892. Henry J. Seeley, Bridgeport, 1916. 

Wilbur F. Rogers, Meriden, 1893. Benjamin H. Cheney, New Haven, 

Selah G. Blakeman, Shelton, 1894. 1917. 

{John M. Brewer, 1895. {Christian Quien, 1918. 

{Oscar W. Cornish, 1896. George T. Meech, Middletown, 1919. 

§Not now a member of Order. 
JDeceased. 

DELAWARE (23) 

[Organized Jan. 14, 1881. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 225; Posts, 16.] 

Department Commander C. A. W. Frishmuth Wilmington 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. William A. Truitt Milford 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. David R. Myers Wilmington 

Assistant Adjutant-General J. S. Litzenberg Wilmington 

Representatives Alternates 

Richard D. Short, Harrington James H. Porter, Wilmington 

Nathan Levy, Wilmington Nathaniel Henderson, Wilmington 

Past Department Commanders 

.tW. S. McNair, 1881. {A. J. Woodman, 1891. 

{John Wainwright. 1882. George W. Stradley, Laurel, 1892. 

{Daniel Ross, 1883. B. D. Bogia, Wilmington, 1893. 

§C. M. Carey, 1884. {J. E. Vantine, 1894. 

fJ. S. Litzenberg, Wilmington, 1885. Edwin F. Wood, Dover, 1895. 

{John M. Dunn, 1886. {William B. Norton, 1896. 

John E. Mowbrey, Dover, 1887. {J. S. Bradley, 1897. 

R.'G. Buckingham. Newark, 1888. Robert Liddell, Wilmington, 1898. 

tPeter B. Ayars, 1889. {William H. Moystin, 1899. 

{Samuel Lewis, 1890. Wm. A. Reilly, Wilmington, 1900. 



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Delaware— Past Department Commanders — Continued 

{J. W. Wtorrall, 1901. Jesse K. Baylis, Wilmington, 1912. 

{John C. Garner, 1902. {J. Rankin Armstrong, 1913. 

Wm. G. Baugh, Wilmington, 1903. {J. T. Reihms, 1914. 

Win. Kelley, Jr., Smyrna, 1904. John P. Riley, Wilmington, 1915. 

{William Tharp, 1905. S. Sheward Johnson, Wilmington, 

{Ira Lunt, 1906. 1916. 

Jesse Hellings, Dover, 1907. J. T. Alexander, Wilmington, 1917. 

H. W. Perkins, Wilmington, 1908. Orrin J. Cook, Lincoln, 1918. 

Wm. H. Blake, Wilmington, 1909. R. Harry Williams, Marshalltown, 

George C. Morton, Wilmington, 1910. 1919. 

Wm. Mendenhall, Wilmington, 1911. 

fComrade Litzenberg, Assistant Adjutant-General. 

^Honors lost by withdrawal. 

^Deceased. 

FLORIDA (36) 
[Organized June 19, 1884. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 607; Posts, 19] 

Department Commander Imri A. Spencer St. Petersburg 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. G. W. Brown -St. Cloud 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. J. H. Eby Kissimmee 

Assistant Adjutant-General H. J. Penrod St. Petersburg 

Representatives Alternates 

A. E. Shaffer, Lakeland M. M. Patterson, Pensacola 

J. B. Westcott, St. Cloud S. Latta, Kissimmee 

E. E. Webster, Bartow H. W. Hawkins, Federal Point 

Past Department Commanders 

T S. Wilmarth, Jacksonville, Henry Marcotte, St. Augustine, 1904. 

1884-85. {T. J. Owen, 1905. 

{G. H. Norton, 1886. {William E. Emerson, 1906. 

E. W. Henck, Longwood, 1887. JSamuel W. Fox, 1907. 

fWilliam James, Jacksonville, 1888. {S. R. Hudson, 1908. 

JJ. W. V. R. Plummer, 1889. James Skinner, St. Augustine, 1909. 

§Fred S. Goodrich, 1890. {James O. Thompson, 1910. 

*John H. Welsh, 1891. {Joseph Bumby, 1911. 

JJ. De V. Hazzard, 1892. {William P. Lynch, 1912. 

Geo. F. Foote, Washington, D. C, {William S. Siggins, 1913. 

1893. Lyman Leighton, St. Petersburg, 

David L. Way, Jacksonville, 1894. 1914. 

{P. E. McMuray, 1895. James F. Bullard, National Soldiers 

{L. y! Jenness, 1896. Home, Tennessee, 1915. 

Charles M. Ellis, Jacksonville, 1897. {W. H. Melrath, 1916. 

Geo H. Packwood, Tampa, 1898. John A. Wallace, Tam,pa, 1917. 

{Edwin Kirby, 1899. H. B. Jeffries, Zephyrhills, 1918. 

{John S. Fairhead, 1900. {Theo. W. B. Brake, 1919 (died in 
{F. G. Parcell, 1901. office). 

{S Herbert Lancy, 1902. George E. Field, White House, 1919. 

{J. F. Chase, 1903. 
{E. V. Richards, 1900, transferred from New Jersey. 

fComrade James, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
♦Honors lest by withdrawal from Order. 
§Not now a member of Order. 
JDeceased. 

GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA (41) 

[Organized Jan. 25, 1889. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 116; Posts, 7] 

Department Commander Ira M. Swartz Atlanta, Ga. 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. J. J. Hardinbrook Tallapoosa 

Junior Vice-Department Commander..C. J. Hitch .Fitzgerald 

Assistant Adjutant-General F. A. Jones Tallapoosa 



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Georgia and South Carolina — Continued 
Representative Alternate 

A. M. Crosby, Atlanta P. R. Booker, Fitzgerald 

Past Department Commanders 

JJohn R. Lewis, 1889. JJ. A. Commerford, 1904. 

JDavid Porter, 1890. JC. F. Fairbanks, 1905. 

A. E. Sholes, Flushing, N. Y., 1891. W. H. Kimball, Tallapoosa, 1906. 

JThomas F. Gleason, 1892-93. JO. P. Webster, 1907. 

JC. T. Watson, 1894. JLeander Scott, 1908. 
JL. B. Nelson, 1895. Charles R. Haskins, Atlanta, 1909. 

fJohn L. Clem, Washington, D. C, JS. C. Brown, 1910. 

1896. fF. A. Jones, Tallapoosa, 1911. 

JJames P. Averill, 1897. JC. H. Brooks, 1912. 

James O. Ladd, Summerville, S. C, P. Q. Stoner, St. George, 1913. 
1898. S. C. Wade, Cornelia, 1914. 

Alex Mattison, Atlanta, 1899. JW. B. Todd, 1915. 

JS. A. Darnell, 1900. JR. S. Smith, 1916. 

Lewis Thayer, Fitzgerald, 1901. fG. E. Whitman, Fitzgerald, 1917. 
fW. M. Scott, Atlanta, 1902. W. P. Randall, Atlanta, 1918. 

JF. D. Lee, 1903. J. M. Mosher, Fitzgerald, 1919. 

{Richard Bond, 1879, transferred from Virginia and North Carolina. 
JJ. W. Scully, 1885, transferred from Louisiana and Mississippi. 

tComrade Scott, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
{Comrade Clem, Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Whitman, National Council of Administration. 
tComrade Jones, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
^Deceased. 

IDAHO (39) 

[Organized Jan. 11, 1888. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 356; Posts, 18] 

Department Commander John Carr Coeur d'Alene 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. F. J. Titus Nampa 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. John Frederick Coeur d'Alene 

Assistant Adjutant-General C. F. Drake Boise 

Representatives Alternates 

J. B. Wentley, Boise J. M. Gill, Boise 

Adolph Miles, Coeur d'Alene Geo. D. Smith, Boise 

Past Department Commanders 

JW. H. Nye, 1888. fC. F. Drake, Weiser, 1904. 

JA. S. Senter, 1889. JG:orge A. Manning, 1905. 
JW. T. Riley, 1890. Alfred Anderson, Boise, 1906. 

Judson Spofford, Boise, 1891. A. M. Rowe, Boise, 1907. 

A. O. Ingalls, Murray, 1892. {William K. Jamieson, 1908. 

R. H. Barton, Moscow, 1893. Stewart Young, Rathdrum, 1909. 

JT. J. Groome, 1894. Willard White, Boise, 1910. 

JD. H. Budlong, 1895. M. W. Wood, Boise, 1911. 

J. L. Fuller, Shoshone, 1896. James W. Shields. Twin Falls, 1912. 

JLindol Smith, 1897. A. G. Nettleton, Nampa, 1913. 

JN. F. Kimball, 1898. JH. J. Newhouse, 1914. 

JS. L. Thompson, 1899. iWilliam H. Cable, 1915. 
JCharles A. Clark, 1900. R. H. Barnes, Twin Falls, 1916. 

JWilliam C. Maxey, 1901. fGeorge F. Kimery, Boise, 1917. 
JGeorge M. Parsons, 1902. F. T. Page, Weiser, 1918. 

§E. S. Whittier, 1903. Silas Wilson, Nampa, 1919. 

tComrade Kimery. National Council of Administration. 
tComrade Drake, Assistant Adjutant-Genei-al. 
SjNot now a member of Ordei\ 
^Deceased. 



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ILLINOIS (1) 

[Organized April 6, 1866. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 7,625; Posts, 347] 

Department Commander Edwin N. Armstrong Peoria 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. E. W. Willard Joliet 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Geo. W. Huntoon Lake Forest 

Assistant Adjutant-General Henry C. Cooke Chicago 



Representatives 

John S. Varley, Chicago 
J. L. Dannenhower, Chicago 
William H. Squire, Chicago 
C. W. Barr, Chicago 
John B. Thomas, Chicago 
T. J. Abbott, Rockford 
C. H. Davis, Chicago 
H. J. Zimmer, Chicago 
E. S. Johnson, Springfield 
Addison Jones, Chicago 
M. L. Rohrer, Evanston 
J. F. McCroskey, Joliet 

C. T. Marsh, Rockford 
Charles Pratt, Rochelle 
M. R. Metzger, Moline 
Samuel White, Galesburg 
H. B. Doll, Peoria 

G. B. Larison, Bloomington 
James P. Bailey, Danville 
S. A. Campbell, Mattoon 
L. Goheen, Jacksonville 
John Underfanger, Springfield 
John G. Oulsen, Alton 

D. C. Zimmerman, Vandalia 
L. Zellars, Lincoln 

J. N. Fitch, Cobden 



Alternates 

M. Hulett, Chicago 
Valentine Eckart, Chicago 
Charles Smith, Chicago 
A. E. Gage, Chicago 

E. R. Lewis, Evanston 
John A. Martin, Chicago 
S. G. Hickok, Maywood 
R. H. Peterson, Chicago 
John Carmichael, Chicago 
Samu;l I. Pope, Libertyville 
H. K. Wolcott, Batavia 

L. D. Howe, Streator 
J. M. Brown, Freeport 
R. H. Mead, Augusta 
W. H. Stobie, Quincy 
A. C. Bennett, Pekin 

F. O. Walrich, Piper City 
Johnson Gammel, Danville 
Wm. E. Smith, Monticello 
S. O. Barr, Jacksonville 

J. S. Nottingham, Springfield 
Perry Martin, East St. Louis 
J. T. Cunningham, Centralia 
R. I. Law, Galesburg 
W. W. Bean, Streator 
W. J. Libberton, Chicago 



Past Department Commanders 



JB. F. Stephenson, 1866. 
JJohn M. Palmer, 1866-68. 
tCharles E. Lippincott, 1871. 
JGuy T. Gould, 1873. 
tH. Hilliard, 1874-76. 
JJoseph S. Reynolds, 1877. 
T. B. Coulter, Canon City, Colo., 
1878. 
JEdgar D. Swain, 1879-80. 
±J. W. Burst, 1881. 
iThomas G. Lawler, 1882. 
tSamuel A. Harper, 1883. 
JL. T. Dickason, 1884. 
tW. W. Berry, 1885. 
tPhilip Sidney Post, 1886. 
JA. C. Sweetser, 1887. 
tJames A. Sexton, 1888. 
iJpmes S. Martin, 1889. 
tWilliam L. Distin, 1890. 
tHorace S. Clark, 1891. 
tEdwin Harlan, 1892. 
tT^dv.ard A. Blodgett. 1893. 
tH. H. McDowell, 1894. 
tWilliam H. Powell, 1895. 



William G. Cochran, Sullivan, 1896. 
JAlbert L. Schimpff, 1897. 
JJohn C. Black, 1898. 
f John B. Inman, Springfield, 1899. 
JJoel M. Longnecker, 1900. 
JN. B. Thistlewood, 1901. 
±H. M. Trimble, 1902. 
tBenson W T ood, 1903. 
tRobert Mann Woods, 1904. 
JJohn C. Smith, 1905. 
± Edwin H. Buck, 1906. 
JA. C. Mathews, 1907. 
jjoseph Rosenbaum, 1908. 
tPhilip C. Hayes, 1909. 
JJames A. Connolly, 1910. 
j.C. C. Duffv, 1911. 
tThomas H. Gault, 1912. 

J. H. Crowder, Bethany, 1913. 

Samuel Fallows, Chicago, 1914. 

John M. Snyder. Canton, 1915. 

W. F. Calhoun. Decatur, 1916. 

C. S. Bentlev. LaGrange, 1917. 

Joseph W. Fifer, Bloomington. 1918. 

Henry D. Fulton, Chicago, 1919. 



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Illinois — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

Milton Stewart, Chicago, 1885, transferred from Kansas. 
{Charles M. Travis, 1899, transferred from Indiana. 

fComrade Inman, National Council of Administration. 
IDeceased. 



INDIANA (20) 

[Organized August 20, 1866. Reorganized October 3, 1879. Membership, 
December 31, 1919, 6,309; Posts, 231] 

Department Commander Robert W. McBride Indianapolis 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Charles W. Shaw Bloomington 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. James S. Wright Rockport 

Assistant Adjutant-General Albert J. Ball Indianapolis 

Representatives Alternates 

Mahlon D. Butler, Indianapolis William Matthew, Centerville 

J. W. Spain, Evansville R. L. Clark, Princeton 

George D. Abraham, Indianapolis T. M. Ryan, Bloomfield 

Louis Bir, New Albany Jacob Snyder, Cannelton 

James M. Brown, Franklin Watson Bostic, Greensburg 

C. C. Gourley, Franklin Chas. E. Potter, Columbus 

R. L. Kennedy, Center Point H. P. Dorsett, Greencastle 

George W. Hill, Shelbyville W. M. Heaton, Knightstown 

Wm. L. Heiskell, Indianapolis ' Z. T. Landers, Indianapolis 

J. H. Holland, Indianapolis I. S. Wagner, Indianapolis 

Jacob Ludy, Union City Robert Dorste, Anderson 

F. M. Van Pelt, Anderson M. M. Justus, Bluffton 

Hez Robison, Burroughs J. W. F. Thomas, Delphi 

T. R. Caldwell, Lebanon I. T. Huckleberry, Zionsville 

P. A. Holliday, Brookston Jacob Fisher, Chalmers 

Henry A. Miller, Montmorenci A. A. Jones, Battle Ground 

O. W. Lamport, Wabash Geo. W. Steele, Marion 

Charles E. Hale, Logansport Beni. Shinn, Hartford City 

S. S. Kelker, Fort Wayne J. H. Hoffman, Ligonier 

David Smeltzer, Elkhart J. G. Kratli, Knox 

B. E. Bear, Mill Creek John C. Gordon, Argos 

Geo. D. Martin, Petersburg James Buckley, Brookville 

Past Department Commanders 

{Robert S. Foster, 1866. Henry M. Caylor, Noblesville, 1896. 

{Nathan Kimball, 1867. James S. Dodge, Elkhart, 1897. 

{Robert S. Foster, 1868. Daniel Rvan, Carthage, 1898. 

{Oliver M. Wilson, 1869. {William L. Dunla,p, 1899. 
{Louis Humphrey, 1870-71. David E. Beem, Spencer, 1900. 

{Jonathan B. Hager, 1879. {Milton Garrigus, 1901. 

{Samuel E. Armstrong, 1880. {Benjamin Starr, 1902. 
{William W. Dudley, 1881. Geo. W. Grubbs, Martinsville, 1903. 

{James R. Carnahan, 1882-83. {Daniel R. Lucas, 1904. 

Edwin Nicar, South Bend, 1884. {Marine D. Tackett, 1905. 
fDavid N. Foster, Fort Wayne, 1885. Edmund R. Brown, Winamac, 1906. 

{Thomas W. Bennett, 1886. fWm. A. Ketcham, Indianapolis, 1907. 
{Ira J. Chase, 1887. John D. Alexander, Springville, 1908. 

Argus D. Vanosdol, Madison, 1888. fOrlando A. Somers, Kokomo, 1909. 

{Charles M. Travis, 1889. {Alex. P. Asbury, 1910. 

Gil R. Stormont, Princeton, 1890. Dan Waugh, Tipton, 1911. 

{Ivan N. Walker, 1891. {Frank Swigart, 1912 (died in office). 
{Joseph B. Cheadle, 1892. W. E. Gorsuch, South Bend, 1912. 

{James T. Johnston, 1893. {Daniel W. Comstock, 1913. 
{Albert O. Marsh, 1894. A. B. Crampton, Marion. 1914. 

{Haiwey B. Shively, 1895. Lewis Kinc-, Vernon, 1915. 



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Indiana — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

V V Williams, Bedford, 1916. William F. Medsker, Cambridge City, 

Samuel M. Hench, Ft. Wayne, 1917. 1919. 

Alonzo Murphy, Greensburg, 1918. 



* Comrade Ketcham, Judge Advocate General. 
■fComrade Somers, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Foster. National Council of Administration, 
t Deceased. 



IOWA (19) 

("Organized September 26, 1866. Reorganized January 23 1879. Member- 
ship, December 31, 1919, 5,977; Posts, 265] 

Department Commander R. L. Chase.... ...Des Moines 

Senior Vice-Department Commander..T. R. Bickley Ottumwa 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. John F. Troutner C £ a , s , ■ y 

Assistant Adjutant-General J. Z. Benson Des Moines 

Representatives Alternates 

W. H. Needham, Sigourney W. H. Barker, Sioux City 

W. F. Gilbert, Burlington J. M. Gregg, Fairfield 

Thos W. Wheeler, Clinton John Koehler, Muscatine 

S. E. Walcott, Davenport D. E. Wells, Clinton 

L. A. Devendorf, Eldora E. H. Chapman, Cedar-Jails 

William Blades, Dubuqu3 John G. Hartman, Iowa Falls 

Charles M. Adams, Mason City J. G. Wright, Nashua 

J. O. Stewart, Cedar Rapids S. A. Peterson, Nashua 

It. H. Ryan, Tama David Heisey, Anamosa 

W H. Shaw, Oskaloosa J. C. Kendnck, Ottumwa 

C. D. Doak, Bloomfield J- W. Wilsie, Montezuma 

W A Abbett, Des Moines John B. Anderson, Wmterset 

Asa Turner, Maxwell C. H. Gross, Des Moines 

J W. Stratton, Creston D. B. Cowles, Chariton 

J S Noble, New Market E. H. Scales, Corydon 

David D. Pettitt, Greenfield Sidney Pitt, Logan 

J J. C. Weldon, Mondamin D. R. Witter, Council Bluffs 

J R. White, Webster-City D. A. Haggard, Algona 

S. C. Spear, Algona C. E. Rogers, Boone 

Thomas A. Sheppard, Sioux City ■ W. Rhynsburger Orange City 

Hook Calvin, Sioux City W. S. Freeman, Le Mars 

Past Department Commanders 

JJ. C. Parrott, 1874-75. $J K. P Thompson, 1895. 

JA. A. Perkins, 1876-78. H 0S J?Nr GlVen ' i «G7 

+w F 1 Pvi^wnlrl 1879 $A. H. Evans, 1897. 

|w. F. Bo'S d i880' 9 - R- WTirrell Manchester^ 1898. 

Peter V. Cary Des Moines, 1881. C F Bailey, Barney, N. D., 1899. 

+rWvo-o R Hnp-in 1882 JM. B. Davis, 1900. 

gSi1.C^888. • We Metier Davenport, 1901. 

JE. G. Miller, 1884. JJohn Lindt, l™ 2 - 

±W. R. Manning, 1885. JL. B. Raymond, 1903 

W. A. McHenry, Denison, 1886. R. T. St. John, Rrc?ville, 1904. 

iACottnvTsSS Cha H r,e" A^C.'arle 1906. 

|ctaie?H. l m y ;tn 88 1880. t David J Palmer Washington, 1907 

tM,™ p Mills 1890 J- C. Milliman, Logan, 1908. 

IctaXx. Davidson; 1891. M. McDonald Bayard, 1909. 

t J. J. Steadman, Hollywood, Cal., t^Vggl* ^^ ^ 

tPhil 9rViflller 1893 J- D - Brown, Leon, 1912. 

geo I Neimai 1894. U- W. Willett, Tama, 1913. 



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Iowa — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

Byron C. Ward, Des Moines, 1914. J. L. Farrington, Iowa Falls, 1917. 

JJohn-E. Merry, 1915. E. J. C. Bealer, Cedar Rapids, 1918. 

John H. Mills, Redfield, 1916. A. G. Beatty, Independence, 1919. 

fComrade Palmer, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
fComrade Steadman. See California and Nevada. 
■("Comrade Willett, National Council of Administration. 
{Deceased. 

KANSAS (22) 

[Organized December 7, 1866. Reorganized March 16, 1880. Membership, 
December 31, 1919, 5,359; Posts, 256] 

Department Commander Joseph A. Walter Great Bend 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. W. H. Mitchell Hutchinson 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. C. H. Hoyt Lawrence 

Assistant Adjutant-General George W. Thatcher Great Bend 

Representatives Alternates 

W. W. Denison, Topeka W. J. Stagg, Topeka 

D. B. Clum, Parsons G. D. Kelsey, Baxter Springs 
John Warner, Manhattan John Davidson, Harveyville 
Charles Taylor, Leavenworth J. G. Hanna, Hiawatha 

Scott Kelsey, Topeka W. A. Carnahan, National Mil. Home 

I. O. Peck, Fort Scott B. F. Pugh, Ottawa 

J. H. Osborn, Humboldt A. W. Caman, LaCygne 

George Abbott, Winfield J. A. Boutell, Howard 

C. W. Kent, Coffeyville R. H. McWhorter, Coffeyville 

George Plumb, Emporia E. R. Haynes, Glasco 

C. T. Ackley, Peabody A. J. Stockton, Concordia 

W. H. Smith, Marysville M. Haffamkr, Hays 

W. T. Short, Concordia G. F. Hilton, Osborne 

E. J. Goubleman, Wilson L. N. Wilson, Ness City 
Hiram M. Crist, Osborne R. H. Clearwater, Hutchinson 
James A. Arment, Dodge City A. B. Gilbert, Newton 

John E. Holmes, Hutchinson H. Burgener, Newton 
J. N. Miller, Wichita 
Fred Jackson, McPherson 

Past Department Commanders 

JJohn A. Martin, 1866-67. JTheo. Botkin, 1897. 

John C. Carpenter, Chanute, 1868. £D. W. Eastman, 1898 (see Oklahoma) 

JW. S. Jenkins, 1872-73 (see Mis- JO. H. Coulter, 1899 (see California 

souri). and Nevada). 

JSt?phen A. Cobb, 1874-75. W. W. Martin, National Military 
JJohn Guthrie, 1876. Home, 1900. 

JJ. H. Gilpatrick, 1877-78. JJ. B. Remington, 1901. 

JJ. C. Walkinshaw, 1879-82. JH. C. Loomis, 1902. 

JThomas J. Anderson, 1883. {Abraham W. Smith, 1903. 

{Homer W. Pond, 1884. {Charles Harris, 1904. 
f Milton J. Stewart. Chicago, 111., 1885. P. H. Coney, Topeka, 1905-06. 

1C. J. McDivitt, 1886. R. A. Campbell, Hutchinson, 1907. 

JT. H. Soward, 1887 (see Okla- JW, A. Morgan, 1908. 

homa). Joel H Rickel, Chanute, 1909. 

JJ. W. Feighan, 1888. {Nathan E. Harmon, 1910. 

{Henry Booth, 1889. {T. P. Anderson, 1911. 

Ira F. Collins, Sabetha, 1890. J. N. Harrison, Topeka, 1912-13. 

tTimothv McCarthy, 1891. {Ira D. Brougher, 1914. 
{A. R. Green, 1892. C. A. Meek, Wichita, 1915. 

Bernard Kellev, Topeka, 1893. R. M. Painter, Meade, 1916. 

W. P. Campbell, Wichita, 1894. A. C. Pierce. Junction City, 1917. 

±John P. Harris, 1895. {W. W. Smith, 1918. 

{W. C. Whitney, 1896. Theodore Gardner, Lawrence, 1919. 

fComrade Stewart. See Illinois. 
^Deceased. 



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KENTUCKY (27) 

[Organized Jan. 16, 1883. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 535; Posts, 52] 

Department Commander M. H. Davidson Louisville 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. H. C. Truman Fordsville 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Robert Edwards Lebanon 

Assistant Adjutant-General John Barr Lebanon 

Representatives Alternates 

Jacob Seibert, Louisville John T. English, Louisville 

W. G. Stewart, Frankfort George Thomas, Georgetown 

Stephen Graves, Campbellsville William Forester, Dayton 

Past Department Commanders 

JJ. C. Michie, 1883. JJohn Blaes, 1901. 

JW. H. Harton, 1884. JT. F. Beyland, 1902. 

JGeorge W. Northup, 1885. W. G. Foree, Indianapolis, Ind., 1903. 

JT. Z. Morrow, 1886. JWilliam T. Bausmith, 1904. 

JWilliam Bowman, 1887. Bernard Mathews, Louisville, 1905. 

JO. A. Reynolds, 1888. JGeorge T. Grinstead, 1906. 

JVincent Boreing, 1889. f Le Vant Dodge, Berea, 1907-08. 

{Michael Minton, 1890. JR. B. Hswetson, 1909. 

JSamuel G. Hillis, 1891. S. D. Van Pelt, Danville, 1910. 

JEdward H. Hobson, 1892. JC. C. Degman, 1911. 

JT. E. Livezey, 1893. f John Barr, Lebanon, 1912. 

JDaniel O'Riley, 1894. JW. J. L. Hughes, 1913. 

JR. M. Kelly, 1895. Edwin Farley, Paducah, 1914. 

f Americus Whsdon, Washington, John T. Gunn, Lexington, 1915. 

D. C, 1896. JSam D. Brown, 1916. 

JAndrew J. Tharp, 1897. James R. Howard, Lexington, 1917. 

John W. Hammond, Louisville, 1898. T. A. Casey, Dayton, 1918. 

JJoseph H. Browning, 1899. Andrew Offutt, Lebanon, 1919. 

L. M. Drye, Bradfordsville, 1900. 

vComrade Whedon. National Council of Administration. 
•(Comrade Dodge, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
fComrade Barr, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
^Deceased. 

LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI (35) 

[Organized as the Department of the Gulf May 15, 1884. Changed to 

Louisiana and Mississippi June 13, 1888. Membership, 

December 31, 1919, 242; Posts, 19] 

Department Commander E. T. Gipson New Orleans 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. John Pierce New Orleans 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Henry Anderson Edwards 

Assistant Adjutant-General O. Pilman New Orleans 

Representatives Alternates 

Basile Ulgere, New Orleans Lewis Herman, New Orleans 

James Locke, New Orleans Charles Desho, New Orleans 

Past Department Commanders 
JWilliam Roy, 1884. J. S. Davidson, New Orleans, 1905. 

J J. W. Scully, 1885 (see Georgia JP. H. Boyle, 1906-07. 

and South Carolina). JJames Lewis, 1908. 
JA. S. Badger, 1886-92. J. A. Brookshire, Beaumont, Texas, 

JCharles H. Shute, 1893. 1909. 

JCharlea W. Keeting, 1894-99. fE. K. Russ, New Orleans, 1910-15. 

JF. C. Antoine, 1900. fE. T. Gipson, New Orleans, 1916-18. 

Paul Bruce, New Orleans, 1901. H. N. Singleton, Vicksburg, Miss., 

JCharles W. Keeting, 1902-04. 1919. 

fComrade Russ, National Council of Administration. 
fComrade Gipson, Department Commander. 
^Deceased. 



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MAINE (9) 

[Organized Jan. 10, 1868. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 1,828; Posts, 111] 

Department Commander Henry E. Merriam Gardiner 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Edward A. Butler Rockland 

Junior Vice-De,partment Commander.. George E. Gay Augusta 

Assistant Adjutant-General Fred A. Motley Portland 

Representatives Alternates 

C. E. Nason, Gray Thomas N. Ayer, Alna 

N. W. White, Augusta A. H. Pratt, Howes Corner 

Cyrus Wardwell, Oxford W. S. Oakman, Nat. Sol. Home 

Alphonzo Rollins, Portland A. W. Gray, Brownfield 

John Manroe, Mechanic Falls Clark Wayland, Portland 

George W. Smith, Yarmouth C. S. Crowell, Lewiston 

O. F. Glidden, Portland F. L. Palmer, Monroe 

Past Department Commanders 

{George L. Beal, 1868-69. Leroy T. Carleton, Winthrop, 1897. 

{Charles P. Mattocks, 1870-71. {Charles A. Southard, 1898. 

{Daniel White, 1872-73. {Frederick Robie, 1899. 

{Selden Connor, 1874-75. {Seth T. Snipe, 1900. 

{Nelson Howard, 1876. William C. Clayton, Bangor, 1901. 

{John D. Myrick, 1877. James L. Merrick, Waterville, 1902. 

{Augustus C. Hamlin, 1878. {Joshua L. Chamberlain, 1903. 

{Winsor B. Smith, 1879. fEdwin C. Milliken, Portland, 1904. 

{Isaac S. Bangs, 1880. {Hfnry O. Perry, 1905. 

{William G. Haskell, 1881. Frederick S. Walls, Vinal Haven, 

{Augustus B. Farnham, 1882. 1906. 

{Elijah M. Shaw, 1883. {Frank F. Goss, 1907. 

{Benjamin Williams, 1884. Woodburv K. Dana, Westbrook, 1908. 

{James A. Hall, 1885. {Augustus W. McCausland, 1909. 

{Samuel W. Lane, 1886. {John W. Webster, 1910. 

{Richard K. Gatley, 1887. fEdwin Riley, Livermore Falls, 1911. 

{Horace H. Burbank, 1888. William H. Holston, Cumberland 

Franklin M. Drew, Lewiston, 1889. Mills, 1912. 

John D. Anderson, Gray, 1890. {John F. Lamb, 1913. 
{Samuel D. Miller, 1891. Thomas S. Benson, Sidney, 1914. 

{Isaac Dyer, 1892. Simon S. Andrews, Biddeford, 1915. 

{Wainwright Cushing, 1893. Tobias L. Eastman, Freeburg, 1916. 

{J. Wesley Gilman, 1894. John Q. Adams, Houlton, 1917. 

{William H. Green, 1895. fFred A. Motley, Portland, 1918. 
{Lorenzo D. Carver, 1896. George W. Goulding, Oakland, 1919. 

tComrade Milliken, Past Senior Viee-Commander-in-Chief. 
fComrade Riley, National Council of Administration. 
tComrade Motley, Assistant Adjutant-General- 
$Deceased. 



MARYLAND (16) 

[Organized January 8, 1868. Re-organized June 9, 1876. Membership, 
December 31, 1919, 820; Posts, 46] 

Department Commander George T. Leech Baltimore 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. George B. Boutelle Baltimore 

Junior Vice-De,partment Commander.. Patrick Reedy North East 

Assistant Adjutant-General Robert C. Sunstrom Baltimore 

Representatives Alternates 

John H. Brandt, Baltimore Robert A. McAllister, Baltimore 

Jacob H. Vickers, Baltimore Emory Leasure, Baltimore 

Henry Ewalt, Baltimore Jacob R. Tucker, Baltimore 

James T. Mitchell, Baltimore Joseph Dulaney, Baltimore 



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Mary land — Continued 
Past Department Commanders 



{Andrew W. Dennison, 1867-69. 
{E. Y. Goldsborough, 1870. 
Edward T. Daneker, Baltimore, 
1871. 
{Adam E. King-, 1872. 
{Erastus B. Tyler, 1876-78. 



{George W. Johnson, 1897. 
{David L. Stanton, 1898. 
{Lewis M. Zimmerman, 1899. 
fJohn R. King, Baltimore, 1900. 
{John G. Taylor, 1901. 
{John W. Worth, 1902. 



§William E. Griffith, Baltimore, 1879. {William Stahl, 1903. 



{William E. W. Ross, 1880-81. 

Graham Dukehart, Baltimore, 1882. 
JJohn Suter, 1883. 
{Frank M. Smith, 1884. 
{John W. Horn, 1885. 

George W. F. Vernon, Baltimore, 
1886. 
{Henry P. Underhill, 1887. 
{Theodore F. Lang, 1888. 



James Campbell, Baltimore, 1904. 

Richard N. Bowerman, Baltimore, 
1905. 

George Prechtel, Upperco, 1906. 
{Fred C. Tarr, 1907. 
fRobert C. Sunstrom, Baltimore, 1908. 
{Benjamin F. Taylor, 1909. 

Wm. J. Vannort, Chestertown, 1910. 

John T. Holmes, Baltimore, 1911. 



George F. Wheeler, Baltimore, 1889. {George Prechtel, Upperco, 1912. 
{George R. Graham, 1890. Charles N. Emich, Baltimore, 1913. 

{Joseph C. Hill, 1891, Albert K, Young, Baltimore, 1914. 

{Wallace A. Bartlett, 1892. Joseph Brooks, Baltimore, 1915. 

{Frank Nolen, 1893. James E. Van Sant, Ellicott City, 

{Myron L. Rose, 1894. 1916. 

{Oliver A. Horner, 1895. E. Walter Giles, Baltimore, 1917-18. 

{A. S. Cooper, 1896. {George T. Leech, Baltimore, 1919. 

IComrade Kinpr. Past Commander-in-Chief. 
IComrade Sunstrom, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
fComrade Prechtel. Department Commander, 190f>. 
IComrade Leech, Department Commander. 
SHonoi's lost by withdi - awal from Order. 
iDeceased. 



MASSACHUSETTS (7) 

[Organized May 7, 1867. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 6,097; Posts, 196] 

Department Commander Horace Goodwin Westfield 

Senior Viee-Department Commander.. Edwin F. Morrill Everett 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Henry Clark Cambridge 

Assistant Adjutant-General Philip A. Nordell Boston 

Representatives Alternates 

James Beatty, Waltham Andrew B. Hubbard, Somerville 
Nahum F. Nickerson, So. Dartmouth John J. Ryder, Monument Beach 

John Gilbert, Fall River Herbert A. Butterworth, Attleboro 

Quincy A. Merritt. Whitman Lucius M. Fuller, Middleboro 

James H. Webb, Boston John E. Bronson, Dedham 

William H. Haddock, Boston Frank E. Trask, Roxbury 

James F. Flynn, Boston John Welch, Brighton 

Thomas J. Long, Boston Albert Fitzemeyer, Borton 

Eugene M. Libbey, Lynn Charles F. Neill, Lynn 

James Arrington, Salem Edward Collins, Salem 

Elbridge Wasson, Haverhill William F. Carleton, Amesbury 

Samuel Brookings, Newburyport Henry Hitchcock, Haverhill 

A. S. Trowbridge, Framington John Flood, Newton 

Alphonso B. Pierce, Natick Eben W. Pike, Boston 

Harrison Crane, Maiden Augustus Lovejoy, Ayer 

Albert H. Ricker, West Medford George Rouillard, Beachmont 

Charles W. Hildreth. Fitchburg Charles G. Houghton, Leominster 

Henry J. Bailey, Milford O. Marshall Greene, Milford 

Charles E. Morey, Worcester Genery T. Darling. Worcester 

William C. Tracy, Stoneham H. E. W. Clarke, Palmer 

Francis A. Ireland, Pittsfield John P. Thompson, Northampton 



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Massachusetts — Continued 
Past Department Commanders 



{Austin S. Cushman, 1866-67. 
JA. B. R. Sprague, 1868. 
J Francis A. Osborn, 1869. 
j James L. Bates, 1870. 
JWilliam Cogswell, 1871. 
^Henry R. Sibley, 1872. 
JA. B. Underwood, 1873. 
JJohn W. Kimball, 1874. 
JGeorge S. Merrill, 1875. 
^Horace Binney Sargent, 1876-78. 
JJohn G. B. Adams, 1879. 
JJohn A. Hawes, 1880. 
JGeorge W. Creasey, 1881. 
{George H. Patch, 1882. 
{George S. Evans, 1883. 

John D. Billings, Allston, 1884. 
JJohn W. Hersey, 1885. 
JRichard F. Tobin, 1886. 
JCharles D. Nash, 1887. 
JMyron P. Walker, 1888. 
{George L. Goodale, 1889. 
JGeorge H. Innis, 1890. 
J Arthur A. Smith, 1891. 
JJames K. Churchill, 1892. 

Eli W. Hall, Lynn, 1893. 
fWilfred A. Wetherbee, Newton, 
1894. 



{Joseph W. Thayer, 1895. 
{William P. Derby, 1896. 
JJohn M. Deane, 1897. 
JWilliam H. Bartlett, 1898. 
f John E. Gilman, Roxbury, 1899. 
JPeter D. Smith, 1900. 
JSilas A. Barton, 1901. 
JWilmon A. Blackmar, 1902. 
JDwight O. Judd, 1903. 
JLucius Field, 1904. 
JJames H. Wolff, 1905. 

J. Payson Bradley, Boston, 1906. 
JD. H. L. Gleason, 1907. 
JAlfred S. Roe, 1908. 
JJohn L. Parker, 1909. 
JJ. Willard Brown, 1910 (died in 
office). 

Granville C. Fiske, Ashland, 1910-11. 

Geo. A. Hosley, Chester, N. H., 1912. 

Thomas J. Ames, Leominster, 1913. 

John M. Woods, Somerville, 1914. 
i Alfred H. Knowles, Arlington, 1915. 

Francis E. Mole, Adams, 1916. 

Daniel E. Denny, Worcester, 1917. 

Edwin P. Stanley, Manchester, 1918. 

George W. Wilder, Boston, 1919. 



fComrade Gilman, Past Commander-in-Chief. 

fComrade Wetherbee, National Council of Administration. 

SNot now a member of Order. 

IDeceased. 



MICHIGAN (18) 

[Organized May 6, 1868. Reorganized January 22, 1879. Membership, 
December 31, 1919, 4,667; Posts, 227] 

Department Commander Henry Spaulding Lansing 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. M. D. Richardson Lansing 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. E. S. Post Grand Rapids 

Assistant Adjutant-General Albert Dunham Lansing 

Representatives Alternates 

Charles A. Bartlett, Detroit Emory Morse, Battle Creek 

A. L. Sawyer, Detroit Uriah Gould, Detroit 

Dean LaBanta, Jackson Thomas H. Nichols, Jackson 

David Walkinshaw, Marshall J. J. Holmes, Eaton Rapids 

Wallace A. Preston, St. Joseph Samuel P. Hartshorn, Marcellus 

Abraham Eddy, Grand Rapids John T. Pomeroy, Cedar Springs 

Thomas Fouch, Flint John A. Wardell, Lansing 

A. L. Bryant, Lansing A. A. Haskell, Port Huron 

Oliver T. Mosier, Saginaw, W. S. Frank M. Frear, St. Johns 

A. J. Teed, Cadillac M. G. Averill, Muskegon 

Hiram Russell, Bay City Gideon Bailey, Evart 

John G. Berry, Vanderbilt W. H. Claspill, Vanderbilt 

James A. Troutt, Sault Ste. Marie D. C. Spears, Wyandotte 

Thomas F. Payne, Northville Allen H. Cady, Detroit 

L. A. L. Gilbert, Bay City John H. Donaldson, Anchorville 

John P. Schwan, Saginaw B. C. Brainard, Detroit 

C. W. Lung, Lyons John Davidson, Lansing 



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Michigan — Continued 
Past Department Commanders 

{Russell A. Alger, 1867 (pro- {Alex L. Patrick, 1898. 

visional). tRussell R. Pealer, 1899. 

{William A. Throop, 1868. {Ethel M. Allen, 1900. 

{William Humphrey, 1869-70. James Van Kleeck, Bay City, 1901. 

{C V. R. Pond, 1878-79. Edward E. Anthony, Negaunee, 1902. 

{A. T. Reynolds, 1880. {D. B. K. VanRaalte, 1903. 

Byron R. Pierce, Grand Rapids, {George H. Hopkins, 1904. 

1881-82. E. C. Cannon, Evart, 1905. 

fOscar A. Janes, Detroit, 1883. {Joseph B. Griswold, 1906. 

{Rush J. Shank, 1884. JWilliam Jibb, 1907. 

{Charles D. Long, 1885. JChas. E. Foote, 1908 (died in office). 

John Northwood, New Lothrop, {G. L. Holmes, 1908. 

1886. Jas. M. Greenfield, Flushing, 1909. 

{L. G. Rutherford, 1887. {Samuel J. Lawrence, 1910. 
{Washington Gardner, Albion, 1888. George W. Stone, Battle Creek, 1911. 

{Michael Brown, 1889 (see Mon- John T. Spillane, Detroit, 1912. 

tana). Frank R. Chase, Smyrna, 1913. 

{Hem-y M. Duffisld, 1890. Riley L. Jones, Detroit, 1914. 

{Charles L. Eaton, 1891. {Henry C. Rankin, 1915 (died in 
{Henry S. Dean, 1892. office). 

{James H. Kidd, 1893. Eli Strong, Kalamazoo, 1915. 

Louis Kanitz, Muskegon, 1894. L. H. Ives, Mason, 1916. 

{S B. Daboll, 1895. William O. Lee, Port Huron, 191*. 

{William Shakespeare, 1896. David S. Howard, Pontiac, 1918. 

{Aaron T. Bliss, 1897. Edwin F. Lamb, Detroit, 1919. 

fComrade Janes, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
t Comrade Gardner, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
{Deceased. 

MINNESOTA (24) 

rOre-anized August 14, 1867. Reorganized August 17, 1881. Membership, 
December 31, 1919, 2,015; Posts, 128] 

Department Commander J. A. Town Worthington 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. H. A. Gerrish Minneapolis 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. F. J. Carr Minneapolis 

Assistant Adjutant-General Orton S. Clark St. Paul 

Representatives Alternates 

H A Read Wasica L. C. Wheelock, Wasica 

Fred Bloom', Woodstock William C. Johnson, Luverne 

F E. Callender, St. Paul John Gunther, St. Paul 

Calvin Moores, Minneapolis E. A. Hoit, Minneapolis 

M D Manning, Willmar J. F. Kent, Montevideo 

George M. Ross, Fergus Falls John Howard, Detroit 

Robert Reed, Minneapolis C. M. B. Hatch, Minneapolis 

David Palen, Fulda M. L. Ashley, Jackson 

Past Department Commanders 

{Henry G. Hicks, 1868. {James Compton, 1890 

{Henry A. Castle, 1872-74. tCh ^ le T s D " Parker, 1891. 
{George H. Johnston, 1876. L. M. Lange, Cass Lake, 1892. 

Adam Marty, St. Paul, 1881-82. John Day Smith, Minneapolis, 1893. 

{John P Rea, 1883. f Samuel R. Van Sant, Minneapolis, 
{Edward C. Babb, 1884. 1894. 

R A Becker, St. Paul, 1885. fEll Torrance, Minneapolis, 1895. 

{William Thomas, 1886. {J. J. McCardy, 1896. _ 
{Lewis L. Wheelock, 1887. E. B. Wood, Long Prairie, 189/. 

tJames H. Ege, 1888. JE. W. Mortimer, 1898. 

{Alphonso Barto, 1889. {D. B. Searle, 1899. 



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Minnesota — Past Department Commanders — Continued 



Gideon S. Ives, St. Paul, 1900. 

Wm. H. Harries, Minneapolis, 1901. 
{Perry Starkweather, 1902. 

Isaac L. M'ahan, St. Paul, 1903. 

Harrison White, Minneapolis, 1904. 
t(\ F. MacDonald, 1905. 

Levi Longfellow, Minneapolis, 1906. 
{George A. Whitney, 1907. 
{Marcus W. Bates, 1908. 
{Loren W. Collins, 1909. 
fPhilip G. Woodward, Anoka, 1910. 



{J. A. Everett, 1911. 

William P. Roberts, Minneapolis, 
1912. 

Charles H. Taylor, Long Prairie, 
1913. 

Charles H. Hopkins, Fairfax, 1914. 

Watson W. Hall, St. Paul, 1915. 
{Chas. Van Campen, 1916. 
fSilas H. Towler, Minneapolis, 1917. 

Edwin F. Kenrick, St. Paul, 1918. 

J. D. Budd, Duluth, 1919. 



fComrade Van Sant, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
fComrade Torrance, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Woodward, National Council of Administration. 
•{•Comrade Towler, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
{Deceased. 



MISSOURI (25) 



[Organized May 16, 1867. Reorganized April 22, 1882. Membership, 
December 31, 1919, 2,953; Posts, 144] 

Department Commander Samuel D. Webster St. Louis 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. A. J. P. Barnes Joplin 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. George W. Sparks Trenton 

Assistant Adjutant-General Wilbur F. Henry St. Louis 

Representatives Alternates 

J. L. Nichols, Trenton W. K. Collins, Lees Summit 

Alf. Zartman, Kansas City C. K. Reifsnider, St. Louis 

E. H. Rogers, Boonville Oscar E. Fox, St. Joseph 
Nathaniel Sisson, Marysville T. M. Brown, Webb City 
Samuel Zancker, St. Joseph W. P. Graves, King City 
Charles Koock. Sedalia H. W. Sandusky, St. Joseph 

F. Walton, St. Louis J. W. Root, Gait 

C. B. Kurtz, Kansas City J. E. Vandermark, Darlington 

Nich. Mathias, Moberly W. H. Dewey, Kansas City 

Franklin Hudson, Kansas City A. Bowers, St. Louis 

Max Fritz, St. Louis H. C. Bailey, Milan 

Past Department Commanders 

{Wm. Warner, 1882-83. {Ira T. Bronson, 1902. 

{W. F. Chamberlain, 1884. fF. M. Sterrett, Troy, Ohio, 1903. 

{Nelson Cole, 1885-86. {Jere T. Dew, 1904. 

{E. E. Kimball, 1887. {Henry Fairbank, 1905. 

IHiram Smith, Jr., 1888. f John M. Williams, California, 1906. 

fjohn E. Phelps, Orting, Wash., 1889. Thomas D. Kimball, St. Louis, 1907. 

fLso Rassieur, St. Louis, 1890. J. V. Martin, Brookfield, 1908. 

Geo. W. Martin, Brookfield, 1891. {W. H. Skinner, 1909. 

{C. W. Whitehead, 1892. {Robert N. Denham, 1910. 

fChas. G. Burton, Portland, Ore., {.Benjamin Warner, 1911. 

1893. {Charles W. Rubey, 1912. 

{Louis Grund, 1894. {Arthur Dreifus, 1913. 

{Louis Benecke, 1895. William Lowe, Warrensburg, 1914. 

{Thomas B. Rodgers, 1896. James B. Dobyne, St. Louis, 1915. 

{John P. Piatt, 1897. Alex McCandless, Moberly, 1916. 

{A. G. Peterson, 1898. Thomas W. Evans, St. Joseph, 1917. 

John W. Scott, Daytona, Fla., 1899. Phil. F. Coghlan, St. Louis, 1918. 

fW. F. Henry, St. Louis, 1900. W. C. Calland, Springfield, 1919. 

George Hall, Trenton, 1901. 



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Missouri — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

t William S. Jenkins, 1872, transferred from Kansas. 

fComrade Rassieur. Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Burton, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
fComrade Henry, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
tComrade Williams, National Council of Administration. 
fComrade Phelps. See Washington and Alaska. 
fComrade Sterrett. See Ohio. 
{Deceased. 

MONTANA (37) 

[Organized March 10, 1885. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 271; Posts, 13] 

Department Commander Jamss Page Twin Bridges 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. C. S. Shoemaker Butte 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. W. B. Harlan Hamilton 

Assistant Adjutant-General {George H. Taylor Helena 

Representatives Alternates 

E. A. Waterbury, Anaconda C. P. Brinton, Butte 

R. A. Nunnelly, Bozeman Charles H. Cobb, Great Falls 

Past Department Commanders 

.TThomas P. Fuller, 1885. {Alanson N. Bull, 1902. 

Carles S. Warren, Butte, 1886. {J. S. Wisner, 1903. 
{Ela C. Waters, 1887. Henry N. Blake, Boston, Mass., 1904. 

{Julius G. Sanders, 1888. {Wilbur F. Sanders, 1905. 

{James E. Galloway, 1889. {A. J. Fisk, 1906. 

{Ed. F. Ferris, 1890. {B. N. Beebe, 1907. 

{Harry C. Kessler, 1891. lEdwin C. Kinney, 1908. 

{John L. Sloan, 1892. {Edwin S. Pease, 1909. 

fJoseph O. Gregg, Columbus, Ohio, {Robert G. Huston, 1910. 

1893. §John J. Rohrbaugh, 1911. 
{Peter R. Dolman, 1894. W. Y. Smith, Bozeman, 1912. 

{Robert E. Fisk, 1895. {P. W. Sheehy, 1913. 

{Lester S. Willson, 1896. {E. L. Barnes, 1914. 
IThaddeus C. Davidson, 1897. James R. Goss, Billings, 1915. 

{W. H. H. Dickinson, 1898. G. I. Reiche, Poison, 1916. 

C. B. Miller, Somers. 1899. Simon Hauswirth, Columbia Falls, 

|P. H. Manchester, Escondido. 1917. 

Cal., 1900. John Marchion, Anaconda, 1918. 

{Frank P. Sterling, 1901. J. Perry McClain, Lo Lo, 1919. 

{Michasl Brown, 1889, transferred from Michigan. 
{J. B. Wolgemuth, 1905, transferred from South Dakota. 



tComi-ade Taylor. National Council of Administration. 
fComrade Manchester. See California and Nevada. 
tComrade Gregg. See Ohio. 
SNot now a member of Order. 
{Deceased. 

NEBRASKA (17) 

[Organized June 11, 1877. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 2,241; Posts, 159] 

Department Commander Joseph H. Presson ...Omaha 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. W. J. Blystone Lincoln 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. F. M. Fodge Broken Bow 

Assistant Adjutant-General Harmon Bross Lincoln 

Representatives Alternates 

Charles D. Fuller, Lincoln C. P. Smith, Omaha 

R. B. Windham, Plattsmouth Shelton Peck, Blair 

H. W. George, Omaha A. M. Lathrop, Hastings 

H. V. Hoagland, Lincoln J. M. Mahaffey, Bennet 



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Nebraska — Representatives and Alternates — Continued 

Andy Traynor, Omaha J. R. Radeliff, Centi'al City 

William Robb, Lexington J. M. Mitchell, Stanton 

A. R. Wilson, Lincoln S. R. Davidson, Omaha 

S. R. Sanders, Holdrege Edward Parmelee, Omaha 

Past Department Commanders 

JPaul Vandervoort, 1877. John E. Evans, North Platte, 1899. 

JR. H. Wilbur, 1878. John Resse, Broken Bow, 1900. 

JJames W. Savage, 1879-80. Robert S. Wilcox, Omaha, 1901. 

JS. J. Alexander, 1881-82. JC. F. Steele, 1902. 

§John C. Bonnell, Logan City, Tex., Lee S. Estelle, Omaha, 1903. 

1883. fHarmon Bross, Lincoln, 1904. 

JHenry E. Palmer, 1884. John Lett, York, 1905. 

f A. V. Cole, Long Beach, Calif., 1885. John R. Maxon, Minden, 1906. 

JJohn M. Thayer, 1886. JThomas A. Creigh, 1907. 

JHenry C. Russell, 1887. Eli A k Barnes, Grand Island, 1908. 

JW. C. Henry, 1888. L. D. Richards, Fremont, 1909. 

J J. B. Davis, 1889 (died in office). JJohn F. Diener, 1910. 

JS. H. Morrison, 1889. A. M. Trimble, Lincoln, 1911. 

%T. S. Clarkson, 1890. JM. V. King, 1912. 

Joseph Teeter, McCook, 1891. JJohn A. Dempster, 1913. 

JC. J. Dilworth, 1892. JO. H. Durand, 1914. 

JAlonzo H. Church, 1893. George C. Humphrey, Grand Island, 
JChurch Howe, 1894. 1915. 

tC E. Adams, Omaha, 1895. W. H. Stewart, Geneva, 1916. 

J. H. Culver, Milford, 1896. Wilson E. Majors, Peru, 1917. 

f John A. Ehrhardt, Stanton, 1897. Joseph S. Hoagland, N. Platte, 1918. 

Thomas J. Majors, Peru, 1898. J. B. Strode, Lincoln, 1919. 

Griff J. Thomas, Harvard, 1879-81, transferred from Wisconsin. 

tComrade Bross, Assistant Adjutant-General. 

tComrade Cole. See California and Nevada. 

SHonors lost by withdrawal from the Order. 

fComrade Adams, Past Commander-in-Chief. 

tComrade Ehrhardt, National Council of Administration. 

^Deceased. 

NEW HAMPSHIRE (12) 

[Organized June 30, 1868. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 921; Posts, 63] 

Department Commander James H. Hunt Nashua 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Arthur Thompson Warner 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. J. N. Patterson Concord 

Assistant Adjutant-General Frank Battles Concord 

Representatives Alternates 

J. C. Lewis, Milford Warren F. Home, Derry 

William S. Learnsd, Rumney Depot Albert T. Barr, Manchester 

D. T. Griffith, Claremont T. B. Dow, Northwood 

Frank Fiske, Epping H. L. Harris, Warner 

Past Department Commanders 

JMatthew T. Betton, 1867. tMarcus M. Collis, 1885. 

{William R. Patten, 1868. JGeorge Farr, 1886. 

tDaniel Vaughan, 1869. ±Otis G. Wyatt, 1887. 

JJames E. Larkin, 1870. JA. B. Thompson, 1888. 

JAugustus H. Bixby, 1871. JJames F. Grimes, 1889. 
William H. Trickey, Tilton, 1872. JThomas Cogswell, 1890. 

JTimothy W. Challis, 1873-74. JEverett B. Huse, 1891. 

JAlvin S. Eaton, 1875. JDaniel Hall, 1892. 

tCharles J. Richards, 1876-78. JFrank G. Noyes, 1893. 

JGeorge Bowsrs, 1879-80. tDavid R. Pierce, 1894. 

JMartin A. Haynes, 1881-82. JCharles E. Buzzell, 1895. 

JJohn C. Linehan, 1883-84. JLewis W. Aldrich, 1896. 



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New Hampshire — Past Department Commanders— Continued 



{James Minot, 1897. 
{A. S. Twitchell, 1898. 

Horace L. Worcester, Rochester, 
1899. 

David E. Proctor, Wilton, 1900. 

A. C. Haines, Newmarket, 1901. 

William S. Carter, Lebanon, 1902. 

Edward E. Parker, Nashua, 1903. 
{Henry O. Kent, 1904. 
{Daniel B. Newhall, 1905. 
{Osman B. Warren, 1906. 
{William S. Pillsbury, 1907. 
{Augustus D. Sanborn, 1908. 

{Deceased. 



Charles W. Stevens, Nashua, 1909. 

A. D. Scovell, Manchester, 1910. 
{Henry A. Conant, 1911 (died in 
office). 

William A. Beckford, Bristol, 1912. 

George K. Stratton, Bradford, 1912 

David R. Roys, Claremont, 1913. 

O. rJ. Douglass, Concord, 1914. 
{M. B. Plummer, 1915. 
JR. T. Leavitt, 1916. 

Chas. W. Hobbs, Pelham, 1917. 

Eugene Wason, Milford, 1918. 

Frank W. Wilson, Manchester, 1919. 



NEW JERSEY (8) 

[Organized Dec. 10, 1867. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 1,833; Posts, 90 ] 

Department Commander John T. McNeil Kearney 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Daniel Lynch Newark 

Junior Vice-Department Commander..William H. Armstrong Jersey City 

Assistant Adjutant-General G. Dwight Stone Elizabeth 

Representatives Alternates 

John W. Chandler, Red Bank E. H. Bolgiano, Atlantic City 

William M. Barr, Paterson W. H. Dennis, Jersey City. 

William H. Black, Jersey City T. F. Laubach, Jersey City 

H. Craig Smith, Plainfield S. R. Mullen, Morristown 

J. Van Horn, Newark W. H. Miller, Union 

William Bryson, Newark A. C. Gile, Cape May 

Abram Ball, Newark William W. Mendell, Cranford 

Past Department Commanders 

{E. Jardine, 1868. {Emmanuel Sands, 1897 (died in 

{William Ward, 1869-70. office). 

{Richard H. Lee, 1871-72. {Samuel G. Hayter, 1897. 

{J. R. Globe, 1873. William C. Smith, Plainfield, 1898. 

fCharles Burrows, Rutherford, George Barnett, Camden, 1899. 

1874-75. JE. V. Richards, 1900 (see Florida). 

JE. W. Davis, 1876. {John Lawrence, 1901. 

{John Mueller, 1877-78. Enos F. Hann, Atlantic City, 1902. 

{Samuel Hufty, 1879. {Stephen M. Long, 1903. 

{George W. Gile, 1880. James M. Atwood, Wellfleet, Mass., 

{Charles H. Houghton, 1881. 1904. 

{E. L. Campbell, 1882. {Charles Currie, 1905. 

{George B. Fielder, 1883. {Alfred Atkins, 1906. 

{Henry M. Nevius, 1884-85. Arthur W. Tench, Maplewood, 1907. 

Frank O. Cole, Jersey City, 1886. {John Foran, 1908. 

{J. L. Wheeler, 1887. {James F. Connelly, 1909. 

{E. Burd Grubb, 1888. {James Inglis, Jr., 1910. 

{W. B. Miller, 1889. Adrian S. Appleget, Trenton, 1911. 

{A. M. Matthews, 1890. {Terrence J. McDonald, 1912. 

J. R. Mullikin, Newark, 1891. {John W. Bodine, 1913. 

{R. A. Donnelly, 1892. {Forman J. Reynolds, 1914 (died in 

{H. L. Hartshorn, 1893. office). 

John Shields, Clayton, 1894. Samuel J. Garretson, Perth Amboy, 

{Henry S. White, 1895. 1914. 

Ernest C. Stahl, Trenton, 1896. {William F. Washington, 1915. 



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New Jersey — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

fWilliam O. Allen, Newark, 1916. JA. J. Washburn, 1919 (died in office). 
Walter S. Tully, Roselle Park, 1917. Frank Briden, Bellmar, 1919. 
George C. Boyd, Kearney, 1918. 

tCOmrade Burrows, Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
■ Comrade Allen, National Council of Administration. 
{Deceased. 

NEW MEXICO (32) 

[Organized uly 14, 1863. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 86; Posts, 8] 

Department Commander William M. Berger Belen 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. John Shank Las Vegas 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Abraham B. Stanton Albuquerque 

Assistant Adjutant-General William W. McDonald Albuquerque 

Representative Alternate 

Daniel Risdon, Raton 

Past Department Commanders 

JHenrv M. Atkinson, 1883. fJohn W. Edwards, National Soldiers' 
JEdward W. Wynkoop, 1884. Home, Calif., 1902-03. 

§J. J. Fitzgerell, 1885. JTheo. W. Heman, 1904. 

E. S. Stover, Albuquerque, 1886. JJacob Weltmer, 1905. 

John Y. Hewitt, White Oaks, 1887. JW. B. Brunton, 1906. 

JFrancis Downs, 1888. f W. W. McDonald, Albuquerque, 1907. 

JJohn H. Mills, 1889 (died in office). JJohn P. Victory, 1908. 

JLee H. Rudisille, 1890. JJohn W. Long, 1909. 
JA. M. Whitcomb, 1890. H. B. Steward, Los Angeles, Cal., 

JAlbert J. Fountain, 1891. . 1910. 

*S. W. Dorsey, 1892. A. D. Higgins, E. Las Vegas, 1911. 
JW. H. Whiteman, 1893. John G. Caldwell, Albuquerque, 1912. 

♦George W. Knaebel, 1894. D. M. Sutherland, Alamogordo, 1913. 

JThomas W. Collier, 1895. John A. Ross, E. Las Vegas, 1914. 

JJohn C. Bromagen, 1896. Z. H. Bliss, Albuquerque, 1915. 

JFrancis Downs, 1897-98. F. E. Oln-y, E. Las Vegas, 1916. 

JLeverett Clarke, 1898. Jefferson Raynolds, Las Vegas, 1917. 

*George W. Knaebel, 1899. John W. Terry, Socorro, 1918. 

*John R. FcFie, Gallup, 1900-01. O. L. Gregory, E. Las Vegas, 1919. 

Comrade McDonald, National Council of Administration. 
tComrade Edwards. See California and Nevada. 
^Honors lost by withdrawal from the Order. 
*Not now a member of the Order. 
JDeceased. 

NEW YORK (5) 
[Organized April 3, 1867. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 9,739; Posts, 471] 

Department Commander Alfred E. Stacy Elbridge 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Henry L. Keene Elmira 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Thomas J. McConekey Brooklyn 

Assistant Adjutant-General B. Franklin Raze Camillus 

Representatives Alternates 

A. G. Mills, New York William C. Peckham, Brooklyn 

Fred Roehr, Albany Edward B. Long, White Plains 

P. C. Soule, Rochester A. H. Stafford, Jamestown 

James L. Lyons, New York Henry C. Draper, Brooklyn 

John J. Hamlin, Binghamton Thomas Burchill, Rochester 

Thomas B. Sweet, Auburn W. W. Ryder, Ossining 

Cyrus W. Lord, Jamestown Patrick H. Doody, New York 

George Wander, Buffalo John Schmidling, New York 

T. A. Budd, Buffalo John H. McGean, Buffalo 



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New York — Representatives and Alternates — Continued 



Frank M. Fisher, Buffalo 
Albert Schoenwald, Buffalo 
Thomas H. Kiernan, Brooklyn 
William H. Lyons, Brooklyn 
Edwin H. Squires, Brooklyn 
Edward W. Castell, Brooklyn 
John Sutphin, Brockport 
Henry S. Redman, Rochester 
George A. Lent, Rochester 
Augustus Myers, Amsterdam 
James R. Sullivan, New York 
James Campbell, New York 
William J. Barry, Brooklyn 
Michael B. Wood, New York 
Wallace Riley, Lockport 
Andrew Knauer, Utica 
Caius A. Weaver, Syracuse 
John McCloskey, Richmond Hill 
Lewis Hunt, Schaghticoke 
R. S. Rimmington, Saratoga Springs 
C. J. Kellogg, Schenectady 
Charles D. Emery, Hornell 
John W. Day, Waterloo 
John W. Durham, Branchport 



Adam J. Wagner, Buffalo 

John S. Robertson, Buffalo 

Charles S. Travis, Cohoes 

E. M. Chamberlain, Edgerton, Wis. 

John H. Hilliker, Hollis 

W. L. Blaisdell, Martville 

Edward A. Dubey, Brooklyn 

Charles Hecox, Dunkirk 

W. H. Walker, Westfield 

Thomas Berridge, Hudson 

C. W. Bourne, Hamburg 

Nelson Simmons, Buffalo 

Arthur B. Avery, East Aurora 

Robert Hoffman, Adams Center 

Samuel Irvine, Brooklyn 

William B. Price, Brooklyn 

E. G. Peterson, Geneseo 

William Taylor, Canastota 

Henry R. Howard, Rochester 

A. D. Grant, Rome 

B. W. Austen, Phelps 
Louis Wanner, Cleveland 
W. E. Widrick, Mexico 
George S. Parsons, Gouverneur 



Past Department Commanders 



JJames B. McKean, 1866-67. 
JDaniel E. Sickles, 1868. 
JEdward B. Lansing, 1869. 
JJohn C. Robinson, 1870. 
JHenry A. Barnum, 1871-72. 
JStephen P. Corliss, 1873-74. 
JJohn Palmer, 1875. 
f James Tanner, Washington, D. C, 

1876-77. 
JWilliam F. Rogers, 1878. 
JJames McQuade, 1879. 
JL. Coe Young, 1880. 
JAbram Merritt, 1881. 
JJames S. Fraser, 1882. 
John A. Reynolds, Fairport, 1883. 
JIra M. Hedges, 1884. 
JH. Clay Hall, 1885. 
{Joseph I. Sayles, 1886. 
JGeorge H. Treadwell, 1887. 
JN. Martin Curtis, 1888. 
JHarrison Clark, 1889. 
JFloyd Clarkson, 1890. 
JCharles H. Freeman, Corning, 1891. 
JTheodore L. Poole, 1892. 
JJoseph P. Cleary, 1893. 
JJohn C. Shotts, 1894. 

De Alva S. Alexander, Buffalo, 1884, transferred from Potomac. 
JW L. Palmer, 1899, transferred from South Dakota. 
fJohn C. Gipson, San Diego, Calif., 19 02, transferred from Oklahoma. 

fCcmrade Tanner. Past Commander-in-Chief. 
fComrade Gipson. See California and Nevada. 
{Deceased. 



JEdward J. Atkinson, 1895. 

James S. Graham, Oxford, 1896. 
JAlbert D. Shaw, 1897. 
JAnson S. Wood, 1898. 

Joseph W. Kay, Brooklyn, 1899. 

Nathan P. Pond, Rochester, 1900. 

Charles A. Orr, Buffalo, 1901. 
JAllan C. Bakewell, 1902. 

John S. Koster, Port Leyden, 1903. 
JHenry N. Burhans, 1904. 
JJames N. Snyder, 1905. 

John S. Maxwell, Amsterdam, 1906. 
JHarlan J. Swift, 1907. 
JWilliam H. Daniels, 1908. 
JM. J. Cummings, 1909. 

DeWitt C. Hurd, Utica, 1910. 

George B. Loud, New York, 1911. 

Oscar Smith, Albany, 1912. 

Samuel C. Pierce, Rochester, 1913. 
JJames D. Bell, 1914. 

Zan L. Tidball, Bath, 1915. 
JSolomon W. Russell, 1916. 

Wm. F. Kirchner, New York, 1917. 

Lewis S. Pilcher, Brooklyn, 1918. 

Joseph E. Ewell, Buffalo, 1919. 



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NORTH DAKOTA (43) 

[Organized April 23, 1890. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 155; Posts, 16] 

Department Commander David B. McLain Jamestown 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. 0. A. Potter Granville 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. A. J. Pierce.. Grand Forks 

Assistant Adjutant-General H. J. Rowe Lisbon 

Representatives Alternates 

C. P. Sterns, Valley City Joseph Sheard, Cathay 

J. M. Johnson, Fargo William R. Whitcomb, Devils Lake 

Past Department Commanders 

JHarrison Allen, 1888. JDaniel F. Siegfried, 1904. 

George B. Winship, San Diego, Cal., JJoseph Hare, 1905. 

1890. B. F. Bigelow, Los Angeles, Cal., 
fWilliam A. Bentley, Los Angeles, 1906. 

Cal., 1891. JS. J. Hill, 1907. 

S. G. Roberts, San Diego, Cal., 1892. J. L. Richmond, Minnewaukon, 1908. 

John D. Black, Milwaukee, Wis., JHalsey S. Curry, 1909. 

1893. Albert Roberts, Devils Lake, 1910. 

JJ. M. O'Neale, 1894. JJames H. Mathews, 1911. 

A. P. Rounseville, Lemon City, JGeorge W. Kurtz, 1912. 

Fla., 1895. George B. Vallandingham, Nat'l Sol- 
JWilliam H. Brown, 1896. diers' Home, Cal., 1913. 

JE. C. Geary, 1897. Alexander Hay, Wahpeton, 1914. 

JEdwin Southard, 1898. JJ, L. Smith, 1915. 

JWilliam Ackerman, 1899. Henry Beal, Valley City, 1916. 

{Freeman Orcutt, 1900. Christian J. Schmitt, Jamestown, 

D. G. Duell, Devils Lake, 1901. 1917. 

f John C. Gipson, San Diego, Cal., John W. Carroll, Aberdeen, 1918. 

1902. James McCormick, Devils Lake, 1919. 
fH. J. Rowe, Lisbon, 1903. 

iComrsde Bentley. See California and Nevada. 
fComrade Rowe. Assistant Adjutant-General. 
fComrade Gipson. See California and Nevada. 
^Deceased. 

OHIO (4) 

[Organized an. 30, 1867. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 11,029; Posts, 428] 

Department Commander John M. Adams Cincinnati 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. J. W. Akers Uhrichsville 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. George H. Playford Zanesville 

Assistant Adjutant-General W. S. Matthews Columbus 

Representatives Alternates 

G. M. Saltzgaber, Washington, D. C. J. K. P. Ferrell, Uhrichsville 

S. G. Harvey, Toledo W. G. Alexander, Toledo 

John M. Davis, Rio Grande J. P. Shideler, Tiffin 

R. G. Dickerson, Delaware James H. Herring, Mansfield 

Charles H. Durfey, Columbus Luke Bucey, National Military Home 

William A. Richards, Cincinnati Abram Emery, Zanesville 

Ayres B. Adams, Cincinnati Conrad Liner, Cincinnati 

Edward Baker, Madisonville A. E. Otte, Cincinnati 

R. E. Scott, Hamilton S. A. West, Milford 

A. C. Stone, Wilmington C. O. Collins, Mt. Orab 

J. W. Larimer, Greenville I. N. Smith, Greenville 

William F. Brandt, Dayton Gustavus Smith, National Mil. Home 

I. N. Rowe, Washington C. h. James C. Walker, Springfield 

W. J. Hughes, Lancaster E. Rockhold, Bainbridge 

Harry B. Kuhmar, Portsmouth L. P. Smith, Rutland 

James Hyler, Marietta Joseph Lyons, Longstreth 



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31 



Ohio — Representatives and Alternates — Continued 



C. M. Bell, Frazeysburg 
Clement H. Cochran, Sandusky 
Marion Hopkins, Marysville 

J. P. Neer, Urbana 
Samuel Fletcher, Lima 
William A. Kehnast, Defiance 
Thomas H. Wilson, Findlay 
Henry Goodenough, Bowling Green 
George W. Harris, Bucyrus 
Theodore B. Tucker, Toledo 
Leroy D. Hunt, Mt. Vernon 
Martin D. Hartshorn, Newark 
John McAfee, Cadiz 
R. D. Van Fossen, East Liverpool 
William H. Johnson, Girard 
J. A. Matticks, Alliance 
Henry Kelly, Hayesville 

D. N. Osyor; Columbus 

J. D. Reimer, Wadsworth 
James Hayr, Cleveland 
C. E. McCluskey, Cleveland 
0. U. Hovey, Chardon 



Robert Parks, Sharon 
L. H. Derby, Norwalk 
Frank Turner, Peoria 
C. B. Fletcher, Covington 
W. M. Kline, Leipsic 
Philip W. Stumm, Paulding 
J. S. Parmenter, Findlay 
Israel Walborn, Fremont 
W. B. Denman, Marion 
H. Bradley Pike, Toledo 
W. A. Wintermuth, Centerburg 
H. D. Burch, Hebron 
J. B. Gibson, Bellaire 
lames Willemin, Steubenville 
Charles E. Starr, Newton Falls 
W. H. Little, Canton 
F. W. Sterns, Elyria 
W. W. McDonald, Columbus 
O. P. Edgar, Akron 
R. G. Chandler, Cleveland 
R. H. Cooper, Berea 
E. R. Ward, Conneaut 



Past Department Commanders 



JB. F. Potts, 1866. 

JThomas L. Young, 1867. 

f J. Warren Keifer, Springfield, 

1868-70. 
JWilliam C. Bunts, 1871-72. 
JG. M. Barber, 1873-74. 
JAlvin C. Voris, 1875. 
JWilliam Earnshaw, 1876-77. 
JNathan L. Guthrie, 1878. 
JJames H. Seymour, 1878. 
JJames H. Steedman, 1879. 
JDavid W. Thomas, 1880. 
JJohn S. Kountz, 1881. 
ICharles T. Clark, 1882-83. 
tH. P. Lloyd, 1884. 
JR. B. Brown, 1885. 
JArthur L. Conger, 1886. 
JD. C. Putnam, 1887. 
fJoseph W. O'Neall, Lebanon, 1888. 
JS. H. Hurst, 1889. 
JP. H. Dowling, 1890. 

A. M. Warner, Cincinnati, 1891. 
Jlsaac F. Mack, 1892. 
tL. H. Williams, 1893. 
JE. E. Nutt, 1894. 
JCharles Townsend, 1895. 



E. L. Lybarger, Spring Mountain, 
1896. 
{Henry Kissinger, 1897. 

David F. Pugh, Columbus, 1898. 

Thomas R. Shinn, Ashland, 1899. 
JElias R. Monfort, 1900. 

Emmett F. Taggart, Akron, 1901. 

Walton Weber, Columbus, 1902. 

Arthur C. Yengling, Salem, 1903. 
JB. M. Moulton, 1904. 
JAmos Huffman, 1905. 
{George A. Harmon, 1906. 
JW. S. Rogers, 1907. 
JJohn H. Sharer, 1908. 

George Hall, Lima, 1909. 

Charles H. Newton, Marietta, 1909. 
JHenry A. Axline, 1910. 
JJ. F. Johnston, 1911. 

Chas. W. Blodgett, Cincinnati, 1912. 
$W. R. Warnock, 1913. 
jj. Kent Hamilton, 1914. 

Seeley P. Mount, Cleveland, 1915. 
$W. H. Surles, 1916. 
JW. A. Pittenger, 1917. 
fD. M. Hall, Columbus, 1918. 

H. C. Martindale, Cleveland, 1919. 



Jos. O. Gregg, Columbus, Ohio, 1893, transferred from Montana. 
Frank M. Sterrett, Troy, O., 1903, transferred from Missouri. 



fComrade H"ll. Commander-in-Chief. 

fComrade 0'Ne".lI Adjutant-General. 

•rComradp Keifer, Past Junior Vice Commandei--in-Cbief. 

tDeceased. 



32 FIFTY-FOURTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

OKLAHOMA (44) 

[Organized August 7, 1890. Membership, December 31, 1919, 1,039; Posts, 

55. Department of Indian Territory merged with Oklahoma at Joint 

Encampment held at Guthrie May 19-22, 1908] 

Department Commander W. S. Tilton Anadarko 

Senior Vice-Department Commander..f F. A. Brown Shawnee 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. W. F. Clark Lamont 

Assistant Adjutant-General J. F. Ward Apache 

Representatives Alternates 

J. H. Norton, Oklahoma City J. L. Waite, Blackwell 

L. Obreiter, Oklahoma City E. G. Platts, Guthrie 

I. W. Scherich, Enid Henry Wair, Bartlesville 

J. Q. Adamson, Edmond G. M. Watkins 

Past Department Commanders 

§C. M. Barnes, Guthrie, 1890. S. P. Strahan, Perry, 1904. 

JG. M. Coulton, 1891. JG. M. Parks, 1905 

JD. F. Wyatt, 1892. JPeter A. Becker, 1906. 

JT. H. Soward, 1893. W. H. Hornaday, Guthrie, 1907. 

JJ. P. Cummings, 1894 (see Calif or- JH. Veatch, 1908. 

nia and Nevada). William Higgins, Bartlesville, 1909. 

JH. G. Trosper, 1895. B. N. Turk, Enid, 1910. 

JW. H. Cater, 1896. §Wilberforce Jones, 1911. 

C. R. Young, Guthrie, 1897. W R. Kelley, Kingfisher, 1912. 

JG. D. Munger, 1898. L. C. Coffin, Elgin, 1913. 

JJ. J. S. Hassler (died in office), JGeorge W. Billings (died in office), 

1899. 1914. 

tl. W. Rush, 1899. George W. Fletcher, Dover, 1914. 

JM. L. Mock, 1900. A. A. Beasler, Chandler, 1915. 

fJames E. Burns, Fresno, Cal., Albert Reeves, Tulsa, 1916. 

1901. J. C. White, Oklahoma City, 1917. 

JWesley Taylor, 1902. F E. Hills, Enid, 1918. 

Cyrus P. Green, Enid, 1903. F. M. Cline, Woodward, 1919. 

From Department of Indian Territory, by Merger May 19-22, 1908 

JE. Calkins, 1891. §Gideon S. White, 1899. 

JB. F. Harris, 1892. JJohn S. Hammer, 1900-02. 

J. H. Spann, McAlester, 1893. §J. A Rose, 1903. 

jSavelon Boyles, 1894. JRobert Ross, 1904. 

JJ. L. Thomas, 1895. Samuel H. Smith, Muskogee, 1905. 

{William H. Harrison, 1896. JJ. F. Avers, 1906. 

R. M. J. Shriver, Miami, 1897. JA. G. Krutchmer, 1907. 

David Redfield, Ardmore, 1898. 
JD. W. Eastman, 1898, transferred from Kansas. 
fJohn C. Gipson, 1902, transferred from North Dakota. 



fComrade Brown, National Council of Administration, 
f Comrade Burns. See California and Nevada. 
tComrade Gipson. See New York. 
SiNot now a member of Order. 

{Deceased. 

OREGON (26) 
[Organized Sept. 28, 1882. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 1,660; Posts, 62] 

Department Commander J. T. Butler Gladstone 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. R. N. Abbott Astoria 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Daniel Clark Lents 

Assistant Adjutant-General C. A. Williams Portland 



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33 



Oregon — Continued 



Representatives 



Alternates 



J. W. Ogilbee, Portland 

L. N. Guy, Portland 

George R. Castner, Hood River 

J. M. Shelley, Eugene 

D. F. Lane, Salem 

B. F. Allen, Astoria 

C. H. Welch, Portland 



E. E. Covey, Portland 
C. A. Huston, Salem 
G. W. Wannacott, Gresham 
V. S. Grout, Roseburg 
W. H. Hay, Forest Grove 
C. B. Zeek, Bandon 



Past Department Commanders 



JN. S. Pierce, 1882. 
JG. E. Caulkin, 1883. 
$F. J. Babcock, 1884. 

F. H. Lamb, Inverness, Cal., 1885-6. 
JM. L. Olmstead, 1887. 
JA. E. Borthwick, 1888. 
JE. B. McElroy, 1889. 
t James A. Varney, 1890. 
JOwen Summers, 1891. 

H H. Northup, Portland, 1892. 

J.'C. Cooper, McMinnville, 1893. 
$S. B. Ormsby, 1894. 
JE. W. Allen, 1895. 
JD. C. Sherman, 1896. 
JFrank Reisner, 1897. 

C. P Holloway, Portland, 1898. 

H. V. Gates, Hillsboro, 1899. 
JA. J. Goodbrod, 1900. 
JJ. A. Sladen, 1901. 



M. L. Pratt, Portland, 1902. 

D. H Turner, McMinnville, 1903. 

B. F.'Piks, Newberg, 1904. 

T. E. Hills, Garden Home, 1905. 
JHamer Sutcliffe, 1906. 

S. F. Blythe, Hood River, 1907. 
JJ. T. Apperson, 1908. 

James P. Shaw, San Diego, Cal., 1909 

W. J. R. Beach, Forest Grove, 1910. 
JNewton Clark, 1911. 

Thomas B. McDevitt, Portland, 1912. 

S. W. Taylor, Roseburg, 1913. 
JH. S. Fargo, 1914. 

George A Harding, Oregon City, 
1915: 

J. E. Hall, Portland, 1916. 
fJ. G. Chambers, Portland, 1917. 

T. H. Stevens, Portland, 1918. 

Daniel Webster, Salem, 1919. 



tComrade Chambers, Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
JDeceased. 



PENNSYLVANIA (3) 

[Organized Jan. 16, 1867. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 10,019; Posts, 430] 

Department Commander C. H. William Ruhe Pittsburgh 

Senior Vice-Department Commander..J. M. Marshall Indiana 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. John S. Leinbach./. Williamsport 

Assistant Adjutant-General Samuel P. Town Philadelphia 

Representatives Alternates 

JHarry White, Indiana David Challenger, Harrisburg 

C. C. Arensberg, Pittsburgh George D. Runk, Clearfield 

J. C. Forricrook, Harrisburg F. K. Ployer, Mechanicsburg 

J. R. Long, Freeport J. M. Owen, Lewistown 

Thomas P. Stevens, Indiana A. D. Hutchinson, Allentown 

H. H. Spayd, Minersville J. H. Long, Strasburg 

W. S. Seabold, Annville P. F. Welteroth, Wilkes-Barre 

W F. Hambright, Lancaster J. H. Minds, Houtsdale 

H." H. Bengough, Pittsburgh S. E. Scott, Steelton 

Hugh R. Fulton, Lancaster James Shaw, Pittsburgh 

Seth Bowers, Milton C. W. Hoffman, Latrobe 

William J. Day, Washington V. C. Knorr, Braddock 

William J. Giles, McKeesport B. H. Bowman, Huntingdon Mills 

J. M. McCurdy, Altoona D. F. Dickey, New Kensington 

John B. Patrick, Harrisburg H. C. Schenck, Lancaster 

A. Filson Dalzell, Pittsburgh F. H. Fratz, Lancaster 

B. J. Coll, Pittsburgh W. H. Rodgers. Mifflintown 
J. H. Langsdale, Pittsburgh F. V. Carls, Altoona 
Thomas A. Cochran, Apollo C. W. Ewing, Tyrone 



34 



FIFTY-FOURTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



Pennsylvania — Representatives and Alternates — Continued 



Thomas Wardrop, Mount Carmel 
H. H. Dutton, West Chester 
J. H. McClennin, Greensburg 
John A. Califf, Towanda 
James Frederick, Wyoming 
L. B. Lomax, Chester 



Campbell Stanton, Pittsburgh 

A. C. Scholl, Williamsport 

A. J. Bower, Uniontown 

George S. Rudolph, Pittsburgh 

W. B. Hanna, Springdale 

W. A. Lowry, Butler 

J. I. Shoemaker, Wyoming J. 

D. M. Lotz, Hollidaysburg J. 

S. E. Gill, Pittsburgh D 

Daniel Donne, Pottsville O 

A. H. Schaper, Erie J. 

C. R. Lantz, Lebanon L, 

J. W. Kauffman, Huntingdon 

Allen A. Clifton, Easton 

A. J. Ellis, Uniontown 

Past Department Commanders 

{Louis Wagner, 1866-67. {William Emsley, 1894. 

{A. L. Pearson, 1868. {H. H. Cumings, 1895. 

O. C. Bosbyshell,, Philadelphia, 1869. {Alfred Darte, 1896 



W. Rutter, Lock Haven 
Zimmerman, Greensburg 

S. Beemer, Scranton 

L. Roushey, Dallas 
M. McCune, Lancaster 
T. Carpenter, Lock Haven 



{Howard J. Reeder, 1870-71. 
{Frank Reeder, 1872. 
{Robert B. Beath, 1873. 
{A. Wilson Norris, 1874. 
{W. W. Tyson, 1875. 

James W. Latta, Philadelphia, 1876. 
{Samuel I. Givin, 1877. 
{Charles T. Hull, 1878. 
{George L Brown, 1879. 
{Chill W. Hazzard, 1880. 
{John Taylor, 1881. 
{John M. Vanderslice, 1882. 
{E. S. Osborne, 1883. 

Frederick H. Dyer, Des Moines 
Iowa, 1884. 
{F. Austin Curtin, 1885. 
{J. P S. Gobin, 1886. 
{Samuel Harper, 18.87. 
{Frank J. Magee, 1888. 
{Thomas J. Stewart, 1889. 
{Joseph F. Denniston. 1890. 
{George G. Boyer, 1891. 
{John P. Taylor, 1892. 
{Thomas G. Sample, 1893. 



William D. Stauffer, Lancaster, 1897. 
fWm. J. Patterson, Pittsburgh, 1898. 
{James F. Morrison, 1899. 

Charles Miller, Franklin, 1900. 

Levi G. McCauley, West Chester, 
1901. 

R. P. Scott, Butler, 1902. 
{Edwin Walton, 1903. 
{John McNevin, 1904. 
f J. Andrew Wilt, Towanda, 1905. 
{M. A. Gherst, 1906. 

William T. Powell, Pittsburgh, 1907. 
{P. DeLacy, 1908. 
{Thad. M. Mahon, 1909. 
{L. W. Moore, 1910. 
{N. P. Kingsley, 1911. 

Thomas H. Cole, Erie, 1912. 
{William J. Wells, 1913. 

John A. Fairman, Pittsburgh, 1914. 

C. C. Gramlich, Philadelphia, 1915. 

L. F. Arensburg, E. Millsboro, 1916. 

Noah Dietrich. Easton. 1917. 

J. D. Hicks, Altoona, 1918. 

George W. Rhoads, Harrisburg, 1919. 



{James E. Porter, Pittsburgh, 1895, (see Virginia and North Carolina). 
{James M. Davis, 1898, see Virginia and North Carolina. 



fComrade Patterson. Prst Comm?nder-in-Chief. 
fComrade Wilt, National Council of Administration. 
|Deceased. 



POTOMAC (14) 

[Organized Feb. 13, 1869. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 782; Posts, 12] 

Department Commander t T ohn McElroy Washington, D. C. 

Senior Vice-De,partment Commander..F. W. Archibald Washington, D. C. 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Alfred Shaw Washington, D. C. 

Assistant Adjutant-General O. H. Oldroyd Washington, D. C. 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 35 

Potomac — Continued 

Representatives Alternates 

Jeremiah Wilt, Washington, D. C. E. J. Hartshorn, Kensington, Md. 

Isaac D. Williamson, Washington, John A. Haskin, Washington, D. C. 

D. C. James E. Richmond, Washington, 
Charles Loeffler, Washington, D. C. D. C. 

B. F. Davis, Washington, D. C. C. B. Lower, Washington, D. C. 

Past Department Commanders 

{Samuel A. Duncan, 1869. Thomas S. Hopkins, Washington, 

{Timothy Luby, 1870-72. 1897. 

{Frank H. Sprague, 1873-74. {Arthur Hendricks, 1898. _ 

{Benjamin F. Hawkes, 1876. Calvin Farnsworth, Washington, 

A. H. G. Richardson, Washington, 1899. 

1877 {George H. Slaybaugh, Washington, 

Geo. E. Corson, Washington, 1878. 1900. 

f Harrison Dingman, Washington, {Israel W. Stone, 1901. 

1879. B. F. Bingham, Washington, 1902. 

fChas. C. Royce, Washington, 1880. {I. G. Kimball, 1903. 

{William Gibson, 1881. {Abram Hart, 1904 

{Samuel S. Burdett, 1882-83. A. P. Tasker, Washington, 1905 
fD S. Alexander, Buffalo, N. Y., 1884. B. P. Entrikm, Washington, 1906. 

Newton M. Brooks, Washington, Newton Ferree, Washington, 1907. 

1885 {John S. Walker, 1908. 
Jerome B.' Burke, Washington, {Edwin H. Holbrook, 1909. 

1886 87 Henry A. Johnson, Washington, 191U. 
{Charles P. Lincoln, 1888. George C. Ross, Washington, 1911. 
{William S. Odell, 1889. {J. D. Bloodgood, 1912 

{M. Emmett Urell, 1890. Thos. H. McKee Washington 1913. 

J M. Pipes, Washington, 1891. J. K. Gleason, Washington 1914. 

A. F. Dinsmore, Washington, 1892. L. H. Patterson, Washington, 1915. 

S. E. Faunce, Washington, 1893. A. H. Huntoon Washington 1916. 

{Nathan Bickford, 1894. A. H. Frear, Washington 1917 

{Marion T. Anderson, 1895. S. G. Morrison Washington 1918. 

{John McElroy, Washington, 1896. H. B. Snyder, Washington, 1919. 

tComrade Slaybaugh, Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade McElroy, Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chiet 
tComrade Dingman, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chiel. 
tComrade Royce, Past Junior Vice-Commander-m-Chief. 
tComrade Alexander. See New York. 
JDeceased. 

RHODE ISLAND (11) 

[Organized March 24, 1868. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 664; Posts, 22] 

Department Commander William Massey ... -^^ 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Fred. S. Oakley Noiwood 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. John J Bellows Providence 

Assistant Adjutant-General H. J. Pickersgall East Providence 

Representatives Alternates 

Giles S. Congdon, Bristol Christopher H. Carpenter, Providence 

John M. Burdick,' Riverpoint Henry W. r.ckering Woonsocket 

George Messenger, Providence James A. Abbott, Washington, D. L, 

Past Department Commanders 

{Ambrose E. Burnside, 1868. {Charles H Williams 1876. 

{Horatio Rogers, 1869. *§ en F y A J ' * Sp °^ e ^ -a ™ 1878 

{Charles R. Brayton, 1870-71. Fred A Arnold, Providence, 1878. 

{Elisha H. Rhodes, 1872-73. {Henry R Barker, 18/9. . 

{Edwin Metcalf, 1874. |g^ leS £ p'^pS f 1*881 

{Edwin C. Pomroy, 1875. {William H. P. Steers, 1881. 



36 



FIFTY-FOUETH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



Rhode Island — Past Department Commanders — Continued 



{Henry F. Jenks, 1882. 
{Philip S. Chase, 1883. 

Andrew K. McMahon, Newport, 
1884. 
{Eugene A. Cory, 1885. 
{Theodore A. Barton, 1886. 

Benj. L. Hall, Edgewood, 1887. 
{Gideon Spencer, 1888. 
{Alonzo Williams, 1889. 
{Benjamin F. Davis, 1890. 
{Benjamin H. Child, 1891. 
{David S. Ray, 1892. , 
{George T. Cranston, 1893. 
{Charles H. Baker, 1894. 

Daniel R. Ballou, Providence, 1895. 
{William E. Stone, 1896. 
{Livingston Scott, 1897. 
{Samuel W. K. Allen, 1898. 
{Charles O. Ballou, 1899. 
{Walter A. Read, 1900. 
{Charles P. Moies, 1901. 



{George H. Chenery, 1902. 
{James S. Hudson, 1903. 
{Joseph Wooley, 1904. 
{Ezra K. Parker, 1905. 
{George L. Greene, 1906. 
{Edward Wilcox, 1907. 
{William O. Milne, 1908. 
{Francello G. Jillson, 1909. 
{Charles H. Ewer, 1910. 

Ezra Dixon, Bristol, 1911. 

Thomas M. Holden, Riverpoint, 
1912. 

George H. Cheek, Pawtucket, 1913. 

Gilbert Wilson, Providence, 1914. 
fHenry J. Pickersgill, E. Providence, 
1915. 

Joseph Gough, Olneyville, 1916. 

Augustine A. Mann, Central Falls, 
1917. 

Murdock C. McKenzie, Bristol, 1918. 

Fred A. Burt, Greenwood, 1919. 



fComrade PickersKill, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
JDeceased. 



SOUTH DAKOTA (29) 

[Organized March 20, 1883. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 633; Posts, 55] 

Department Commander E. L. Hurlbut Rapid City 

Senior Vice-Dspartment Commander.. L. E. Bloodgood Huron 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. J. E. Davis Lennox 

Assistant Adjutant-General C. A. B. Fox Sioux Falls 



Representatives 

H. C. Neumeyer, Alpena 
T. T. Snow, Sioux Falls 
C. W. Truax, Huron 



Alternates 

I. L. Bates, Groton 

F. C. Boyd, Springfield 

Harry Shields, Huron 



Past Department Commanders 



{Thomas S. Free, 1883-84. 

fW. V. Lucas, Santa Cruz, 1885-86. 

{Harrison Allen, 1887. 

{S. F. Hammond, 1888. 

{George A. Silsby, 1889. 

fE. T. Langley, Santa Ana, Cal., 1890. 

fC. S. Palmer, Burlington, Vt., 1891. 

{J. B. Hoit, 1892. 

{N. C. Nash, 1893. 

{George W. Carpenter, 1894. 

{S. R. Drake, 1895. 

{John Ackley, 1896 (died in office). 

John F. Baker, Zephyrhills, Fla., 
1896. 

C. B. Clark, Hot Springs, 1897. 

E. P. Farr, Hot Springs, 1898. 
{W. L. Palmer, 1899 (see New York). 

Philip Lawrence, Pomona, Cal., 1900. 

George W. Snow, Springfield, 1901. 
fThomas E. Blanchard, Santa Cruz, 
Cal., 1902. 



{Thomas Reed, 1903. 

H. P. Packard, Redfield, 1904. 
{J. B. Wolgemuth, 1905 (see Mon- 
tana ) . 

N I. Lothian, Milbank, 1906. 
fT. C. DeJean, Plankinton, 1907. 

Warren G. Osborn, Zephyrhills, Fla., 
1908. 
{Alexander S. Stewart, 1909. 

N. H. Kingman, Eugene, Ore., 1910. 

Thomas H. Brown, Sioux, Falls, 1911. 
{O S. Gifford, 1912 (died in office). 

H. L. Ferry, Vermillion, 1912. 

John L. Jolley, Vermillion, 1913. 
fC. A. B. Fox, Sioux Falls, 1914. 

Chas. S. Blodgett, Rapid City, 1915. 

Walter H. Carr, Yankton, 1916. 

J. C. Luce, Groton, 1917. 

James S. Sebree, Pierre, 1918. 

A. L. Van Osdel, Mission Hill, 1919. 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 37 

South Dakota — Continued 

fComrade De Jean, National Council of Administration. 
fComrade Lucas. See California and Nevada. 
fComrade Langley. See California and Nevada. 
fComrade C. S. Palmer. See Vermont. 
fComrade Blanchard. See California and Nevada. 
fComrade Fox, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
{Deceased. 

TENNESSEE (34) 

[Organized Feb. 26, 1884. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 500; Posts, 24] 

Department Commander O. L. Thompson Rockwood 

Senior Vice-Dep'artment Commander. William E. Rhegness Jackson 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. W. W. Lowery Riceville 

Assistant Adjutant-General B. F. Bashor Knoxville 

Representatives Alternates 

O. T. French, Greenville John Grey, Greenville 

H. A. Monney, Nat'l Soldiers' Home W. C. Chandler, Knoxville 

Silas Flournoy, Greenville Alexander Eckle, Knoxville 

Past Department Commanders 

{Edward S. Jones, 1884-85. {Walton W. French, 1905. 

§E. E. Winters, 1886. {John T. Wilder, 1906. 

{William J. Ramage, 1887. Will A. McTeer, Maryville, 1907. 

{William Rule, 1888. S. W. Tindell, National Soldiers' 

{A. H. Pettibone, 1889. Home, 1908. 

§Charles F. Muller, 1890. D. Minor Steward, Chattanooga, 

A. J. Gahagan, Chattanooga, 1891. 1909. 

{Frank C. Whittaker, 1892. Ignaz Fanz, Knoxville, 1910. 

{Frank Seaman, 1893. Chas. H. Flournoy, Knoxville, 1911. 

*W. E. F. Milburn, National Sol- A. M. Gamble, Maryville, 1912. 

diers' Home, 1894. W. D. Atchley, Sevierville, 1913. 

{William J. Smith, 1895. {A. P. Thompson, 1914 (died in office). 

{Halbert B. Case, 1896-97. {D. D. Nicholas, 1914. 

Wni, N Nelson, Backwoods, 1898. F. M. Underwood, Knoxville, 1915. 

{Henry Crumbliss, 1899. J. R. Kennedy, Louisville, 1916. 

S. T. Harris, Dandridge, 1900. O. C. Kinley, National Soldiers' 

{M. M. Harris, 1901. Home, 1917. 

{George W. Patten, 1902-03. W. F. Roberts, Memphis, 1918. 

{Ben A. Hamilton, 1904. F. M. Fessenden, Chattanooga, 1919. 

§Not now a member of Order. 

*Honors lost by withdrawal from Order. 

{Deceased. 

TEXAS (38) 

[Organized March 25, 1885. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 242; Posts, 8] 

Department Commander Max Hunt Houston 

Senior Vice-Department Commander..J. S. Ewing San Antonic 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Byron P. Drowne El Paso 

Assistant Adjutant-General E. N. Ketchum .Galveston 

Representatives Alternates 

A. Rockhold, Dallas Nat. Underwood, San Antonio 

J. D. Lesch, Fort Worth J. C. Bump, Floresville 

Past Department Commanders 

{W. D. Wylie, 1885. {A. K. Taylor, 1890. 

tO. T. Lvon, 1886. {M. W. Mann, 1891. 

tW. H. Sinclair, 1887. {O. G. Peterson, 1892. 

±J. C. DeGress, 1888. {John W. Park, 1893. 

{A G. Malloy, 1889. {R. M. Moore, 1894. 



38 



FIFTY-FOURTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



Texas — Continued 

W W. Bostwick, Longmont, Colo., {L. L. Whitaker, 1907. 

1895. {Thomas M. Wright, 1908. 

{G. W. McCormick, 1896. {Calvin R. Hubbard, 1909. 
fEd. N. Ketchum, Galveston, 1897. J. S. Dunlap, Dallas, 1910. 

{W. F. Conner, 1898. {W. O. Kretsinger, 1911. 

{John Roach, 1899. E. P. Brown, Fort Worth, 1912. 

{Charks B. Peck, 1900. {Sidney Tuttle, 1913. 

{P. B Hunt, 1901. Robert McCormick, Dallas, 1914. 

JC. C! Haskell, 1902. C. S. Brodbent, San Antonio, 1915. 

{John H. Bolton, 1903. C. A. Cahoon, Temple, 1916. 

John L. Boyd, Dallas, 1904. M. B. Young, Weatherford, 1917. 

{Elmore A. Russell, 1905. Anson Miller, Anahuac, 1918. 

{W. H. Harvey, 1906. Edward Loomis, San Antonio, 1919. 

fComrade Ketchum, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
{Deceased. 

UTAH (33) 

[Organized October 8, 1883. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 162; Posts, 5] 

Department Commander Ezra D. Haskins Salt Lake City 

Senior Vice-D. apartment Commander.. Seymour B. Young Salt Lake City 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Charles Rollow Ogden 

Assistant Adjutant-General John M. Bowman Salt Lake City 

Representatives Alternates 

A. Van Patten, Ogden 
W. H. McMahill, Logan 

Past Department Commanders 

{George C. Douglas, 1883. {Frank H. Clark, 1903. 

{Ransford Smith, 1884. Henry P. Burns, Salt Lake City, 1904. 

{Henry C. Wardleigh, 1885. E. T. Hulaniski, Ogden, 1905. 

{Elijah Sells, 1886. B. M. Sperry, Salt Lake City, 1906. 

{Eli H. Murray, 1887. {Alfred Kent, 1907. 

{Nathan Kimball, 1888. JR. G. Sleater, 1908. 

{Henry T. Snyder, 1889. Lucian L. Smyth, Salt Lake City, 

tHenrv Page, 1890 1909. 

IFrank Hoffman, 1891. {Thomas Lundy, 1910. 

{James R. Elliott, 1892. {A. B. Lawrence, 1911. 

{J. W. Greenman, 1893. {J. W. Brown, 1912 (died in office). 

1-Thomas C. Iliff, 1894. Frank H. Hall, Salt Lake City, 1912. 

{Charles O. Farnsworth, 1895. {Reuben Oehler, 1913. 

{M. M. Kellogg, 1896. N. A. Heath, Ogden, 1914. 

tThomas C. Bailey, 1897 H. G. Rollins, Salt Lake City, 1915. 

{Norman H. Ives, 1898. N. D. Corser, Salt Lake City, 

+ Maurice M. Kaighn, 1899. 1916-17. 

{Marshall A. Breeden, 1900 (see J. C. A. Warfield, Salt Lake City, 

California and Nevada). 1918. 

{Rudolph Alf, 1901. C. W. A. Schnell, Salt Lake City, 

fWm. M. Bostaph, Salt Lake City, 1919. 

1902. 

fComrade Bostaph, Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
{Deceased. 



VERMONT (13) 

[Organized Dec. 23, 1868. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 1,147; Posts, 83] 

Department Commander L. W. Bush Townshend 

Senior Vice-Dejpartment Commander.. E. E. Pierce Springfield 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Charles H. Stone Fairhaven 

Assistant Adjutant-General H. P. Hunter Bratthboro 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 



39 



Vermont — Continued 



Representatives 

Geoi-ge H. Waldron, Springfield 
John R. Wilson, Worcester 
James E. Post, Rutland 
Charles H. Dunton, Poultney 
W. J. Cummings, Benson 



Alternates 

Charles H. Granger, Rutland 
Charles H. Cota, St. Albans 
Nathan C. Cushing, Woodstock 
Henry J. Allen, Brattleboro 
F. H. Ketchem, Randolph 



Past Department Commanders 



{George P. Foster, 1868-69. 
{William W. Henry, 1870-71. 
{Wheelock G. Veazey, 1872-73. 
{Stephen Thomas, 1874-75. 
{Theodore S. Peck, 1876-77. 
{J. H. Goulding, 1878-79. 
{George W. Hooker, 1880-81. 
{A. B. Valentine, 1882-83. 
{C. C. Kinsman, 1884. 
{W. L. Greenleaf, 1885. 
{G:orge T. Childs, 1886. 
{P. D. Blodgett, 1887. 
{Herbert E. Taylor, 1888. 
{A. S. Tracy, 1889. 
{Z. M. Mansur, 1890. 

D. L. Morgan, Rutland, 1891. 
{Hugh Henry, 1892. 
{George W. Doty, 1893. 
{Charles F. Branch, 1894. 
{Barney Cannon, Jr., 1895. 
{N. M. "Puffer, 1896. 



{L. B. Harris, 1898. 
{F. G. Butterfield, 1899. 
{U. A. Woodbury, 1900. 
{Joel H. Lucia, 1901. 

R. E. Hathorn, Ludlow, 1902. 
{Frank Kenfield, 1903. 
{James E. Eldridge, 1904. 

Seymour H. Wood, St. Albans, 1905. 
{John A. Sheldon, 1906. 
{Andrew C. Brown, 1907. 

Charles E. Beach, Burlington, 1908. 

Alvin B. Franklin, Townshend, 1909. 

E. J. Foster, Waterbury Center, 1910. 

Chester M Ferrin, Burlington, 1911. 

Albert A. Niles, Morrisville, 1912. 

Thomas Hannon, Bennington, 1913. 

Edward Baker, Montpelier, 1914. 

George P. Martin, Bennington, 1915. 
{Henry C. Streeter, 1916. 

C. T.' S. Pierce, Vergennes, 1917-18. 

A. T. Woodward, Rutland, 1919. 



{E. W. Jewett, 1897. 
C. S. Palmer, Burlington, 1891, transferred from South Dakota. 



tDeceased. 



VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA (15) 



[Organized July 27, 1871. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 287; Posts, 20] 

Department Commander fChas. H Haber....Nat'l Sol. Home, Va. 

Senior Vice-Department Commander Charles Grandy.... ... .Norfolk, Va. 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Geo. W. Gray Natl So . Home, Va. 

Assistant Adjutant-General Geo. W. Burchfield....N. Sol. Home, Va. 

Representatives Alternates 

Peter Messitt, Nat'l Sol. Home, Va. W. S. Wilson, NatT Soldiers' Home 
Edmond Riddick, Portsmouth, Va. J. J. Richards, Norfolk, Va. 
Past Department Commanders 



{William N. Eaton, 1874. 

{William H. Aspenzeller, 1875-76. 

{William Ryder, 1877. 

JR. F. Staples, 1878. 

{Richard Bond, 1879 (see Georgia 

and South Carolina). 
{A. B. Hurlburt, 1880. 
{W. Hervey King, 1881. 
{P. T Woodfin, 1882-83. 
{B. C." Cook, 1884. 
{H. DeB. Clay, 1885-86. 
John W. Woodman, Portsmouth, 
Va., 1887-88. 
{R. P. Wheeler, 1889. 



{N. J. Smith, 1890. 

{H. B. Nichols, 1891. 

{Edgar Allan, 1892. 

{W. Whitcomb, 1893. 

{Joseph G. Fulton, 1894. 

{Jas. E. Porter, 1895 (see Pennsyl- 
vania). 

fH. W. Weiss, Emporia, Va., 1896. 
John W. Stebbins, Norfolk, Va., 
T897. 

{James M. Davis, 1898 (see Pennsyl- 
vania). 
John W. Rutter, Portsmouth, Va., 
1899. 



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FIFTY-FOURTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



Virginia and North Carolina — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

JA. B. Heistand, 1900. J A. A. Hager, 1907. 

{Peter Morton, 1901. JThomas Fogerty, 1908. 

JC. D. Grew, 1902. Frank M. Work, National Soldiers' 

JM. H. Haas, 1903. Home, Ohio, 1909. 

{John C. Fowler, 1904. fCharles H. Haber, National Saldiers' 

Isaac Powell, Newburn, N. C, 1905. Home, Virginia, 1910-19. 

D. R. Wilson, Richmond, Va., 1906. 

fComrade Weiss, National Council of Administration. 
tComrade Haber, Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
JDeceased. 

WASHINGTON AND ALASKA (30) 

[Organized June 20, 1883. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 2,185; Posts, 78] 

Department Commander O. D. McDonald Bellingham 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. W. A. Inman Colfax 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. J. F. Murphy Yakima 

Assistant Adjutant-General Willis Richardson Bellingham 

Representatives Alternates 

A. P. Rounds, Spokane A. P. Lawrence, Seattle 

Elias White, Vancouver David Lincoln 

R. H. Ball, La Conner W. M. Badger, Yakima 

James H. Chase, Cashmere George W. Bowers, Walla Walla 

W. A. Rollins, Yakima William Girard, Bellingham 

Jasper Gates, Mt. Vernon R. N. Ashmore, Chehalis 

Henry Anderson, Tacoma Charles Crowell, Wenatchee 

I. N. Drake, Sunnyside A. B. Nolton, Seattle 

Past Department Commanders 

JF. W. Sparling, 1881-82. JH. A. Bigelow, 1901. 

{George D. Hill, 1883. {B. C. Bedell, 1902. 

{H A. Morrow, 1884. {Thomas H. Cavanaugh, 1903. 

A M. Brooks, Seattle, 1885. . Frank M. Davis, Seattle, 1904. 

{C.' M. Holton, 1886. {J. T. Goss, 1905. 
{A P. Curry, 1887. C. B. Dunning, Spokane, 1906. 

{J. W. Sprague, 1888. {W. H. Mock, 1907. 
tS. C. Cosgrove, 1889. George H. Boardman, Tacoma, 1908. 

{M M. Holmes, 1890. {Lyman Banks, 1909. 
{D. G. Lovell, 1891. W. H. Wiscombe, Spokane, 1910. 

J. S. Brown, Rochester, 1892. fF. H. Hurd, Seattle, 1911. 
{Joseph F. Sinclair, 1893. R. R. Harding, Port Angeles, 1912. 

{J. N. Scott, 1894. J. E. Stewart, Spokane, 1913. 

{Norman Buck, 1895. H. R. Gale, Bremerton, 1914. 

C T. Patterson, S. Tacoma, 1896. H. W. North, Everett, 1915. 

{John F. McLean, 1897. J. E. Gandy, Spokane, 1916. 

George W. Tibbetts, Seattle, 1898. John J. See, Anacortes, 1917. 
JJ. W. Langley, 1899. Samuel F. Street, Edmonds, 1918. 

R. B. Freeman, Spokane, 1900. A. A. Stevens, Wenatchee, 1919. 

E. A. Shores, Tacoma, 1893, transferred from Wisconsin. 
John Phelps, Orting, 1889, transferred from Missouri. 

fComrade Hurd, National Council of Administration. 

JDeceased. , 

WEST VIRGINIA (28) 

[Organized April 9, 1868. Reorganized February 29, 1883. Membership, 
December 31, 1919, 699; Posts, 27] 

Department Commander W. S. Grafton Wheeling 

'Senior Vice-Department Commander.. H. S. White .Matewan 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Peter Loy Sistersville 

Assistant Adjutant-General W. W. Rogers Wheeling 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 



4i 



West Virginia -Continued 



Representatives 

Thomas Carter, Parkersburg 
Silas Henderson, Meadeville 
E. L. Hersey, Fairmont 



Alternates 



N. A. Beehgle, Parkersburg 
F. W. H. Baldwin, Moundsville 



Past Department Commanders 



{W. H. H. Flick, 1883 
+C. B. Smith, 1884. 
{John Carlin, 1885. 
{G. W. Taggart, 1886. 
{Lee Haymond, 1887. 
JR. E. Fleming, 1888 
|S. S. Hazen, 1889. 
{George J. Walker, 1890. 
jl. H. Duval, 1891. 

Chas. E. Anderson, Weston, 1892. 

Anthony Smith, Harrisville, 1893 
{F. H. Crago, 1894. 
JR. E. Lee, 1895. 
JR. H. Freer, 1896. 
{Thomas A. Maulsby, 1897. 

Richard Robertson, Wheeling, 1898. 
{Charles R. LaValley, 1899 

Arnold Brandley, Elkins, 190O. 
{M. B. Bartlett, 1901. 

C. C. Mathews, Moundsville, 1902. 



{Alexander C. Moore, 1903. 

O. H. Michaelson, Charleston, 1904. 
{J. W. Shroyer, 1905. 

Thomas M. Mills, New Martinsville, 
1906. 

Isaac M. Adams, Ravenswood, 1907. 
{Thomas R. Marks, 1908. 
{D. Mayer, 1909. 

J. L. Caldwell, Huntington, 1910. 
{Thomas V. Salisbury, 1911. 
fE. A. Billingslea, Fairmont, 1912. 
{John Millan, 1913. 

Thos. C. Hammond, Moundsville, 
1914. 
{C. T. Reed, 1915. 

James T. Piggott, Parkersburg, 
i916. 

S. R. Hanen, Glen Easton, 1917. 
{W. T. Cox, 1918 (died in office). 

L. B. Moore, 1918-19. 



tComrade Billingslea. National Council of Administration. 
{Deceased. 



WISCONSIN (2) 



[Organized June 7, 1868. Membership, Dec. 31, 1919, 3,113; Posts, 168] 

Department Commander Walter O. Pietzsch Madison 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. M. L. Snyder Waukesha 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Dennis Meidam Appleton 

Assistant Adjutant-General W. J. McKay Madison 

Representatives Alternates 

Michael Rabyor, Janesville David Oram, Racine 

B. W. Collins, Sheboygan E. B. Heimstreet, Lake Mills 

Alex. B. Campbell, Albion S. D. Gault, Richland Center 

Tom L. Johnson, Nat'l Sol. Home James A. Turner, Milwaukee 

H. W. F, Fisher, Milwaukee Alexander Arissman, Milwaukee 

Murray McCallum, Menasha F. J. Winkler, Shilton 

W. B. Blackly, Baraboo George B. Dodd, Baraboo 

John W. Evans, Waupaca James A. Bremmer, Stevens Point 

J. M. Whitley, De Pere Henry C. Smith, Green Bay 

George F. Hellas, Eau Claire John W. Thomas, Chippewa Falls 

John H. Hellweg, Hayward Robert Inglis, Bayfield 

Past Department Commanders 

{James K. Proudfit, 1866. {A. J. McCoy, 1873. 

{H. A. Starr, 1867. G. A. Hannaford, Boise, Idaho, 

{J M. Rush, 1868. 1874-75. 

{T. S. Allen, 1869-70. {John Hancock, 1876. 

{Edward Ferguson, 1871-72. {Henry G. Rogers, 1877. 



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Wisconsin — Past Department Commanders — Continued 



$F S. Hammond, 1878. 

fGriff J. Thomas, Harvard, Neb., 

1879-81. 
JH. M. Enos, 1882. 
tPhil Chesk, 1883-84. 
tJames Davidson, 1885. 
{Lucius Fairchild, 1886. 
JH. P. Fisher, 1886. 
{Michael Griffin, 1887. 
fA. G. Weissert, Milwaukee, 1888. 

Leander Ferguson, Brandon, 1889. 
{Benj. F. Brvant, 1890. 

W. H. Upham, Marshfield, 1891. 
JC. B. Welton, 1892. 
fE. A. Shores, Tacoma, Wash., 1893. 

J. A. Watrous, Waupaca, 1894. 
JW. D. Hoard, 1895. 
JD. Lloyd Jones, 1896. 
JE. B. Gray, 1897. 
JC. H. Russell, 1898. 
{Henry Harnden, 1899. 
JS. H. Tallmadge, 1899. 



D. G. Janus, Richland Center, 1900. 
fA. H. DeGroff, San Jose, Cam., 1901. 

J. H. Agen, Houston, Texas, 1902. 

J. P. Rundle, Milwaukee, 1903. 
{Pliny Norcross, 1904. 

F. A. Copeland, LaCrosse, 1905. 

John W. Ganes, Ripon, 1906. 

John C Martin, Madison, 1907. 
JE. D. Coe, 1908. 

R. B. Laing, Racine, 1909. 

William H. Grinnell, Beloit, 1909. 

Frank A. Walsh, Milwaukee, 1910. 

Hiram J. Smith, Racine, 1911. 

Geo. Spratt, Sheboygan Falls, 1912. 

Charles H. Henry, Eau Claire, 1913. 
JS. A. Cook, 1914. 
fW. J. McKay, Madison, 1915. 

O. L. Rosenkrans, Milwaukee, 1916. 

William A. Wvse, Reedsburg, 1917. 

George D. Breed, Chilton, 1918. 

Robert R. Campbell, Green Bay, 1919. 



fComrade Weissert, Past Commander-in-Chief. 

tComrade McKay, Assistant Adjutant-General. 

tComrade Thomas. See Nebraska. 

fComrade Shores. See Washington and Alaska. 

tComrade DeGroff. See California and Nevada. 

iDeceased. 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 43 

COMMITTEES 
Executive Committee of the National Council of Administration. 

Daniel M. Hall, Commander-in-Chief. 

Charles B. Wilson, Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 

Joseph W. O'Neall, Adjutant-General. 

Cola D. R. Stowits, Quartermaster-General. 

George A. Price, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

John C. Roland, Cleveland, Ohio. 

John B. Inman, Springfield, 111. 

Philip G. Woodward, Anoka, Minn. 

J. W. Willett, Tama, Iowa. 

J. Andrew Wilt, Towanda, Pa. 

Harry L. Beach, Hartford, Conn. 

Committee on Legislation. 

Washington Gardner, Albion, Mich., Chairman. 

Orlando A. Somers, Kokomo, Ind. 

Charles C. Royce, Washington, D. C. 

John McElroy, Was! ington, D. C. 

J. Payson Bradley, Boston, Mass. 

John L. Clem, Washington, D. C. 

Committee on Rules and Regulations and Ritual. 

Charles G. Burton, Portland, Ore., Chairman. 
Oscar A. Janes, Detroit, Mich. 
John R. King, Baltimore, Md. 
J. E. Gandy, Spokane, Wash. 
W. A. Huddart, Berkeley, Calif. 

Trustees of Permanent Fund. 

W. J. Patterson, Pittsburgh, Pa., Chairman. 
Lewis S. Pilcher, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Walton Weber, Columbus, Ohio. 

Committee on Credentials. 

Joseph W. O'Neall, Adjutant-General, Chairman. 
W. S. Matthews, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
S. P. Town, Department of Pennsylvania. 
Henry Spaulding, Department of Michigan. 
Albert J. Ball, Department of Indiana. 
W. A. Wetherbee, Department of Massachusetts. 
George W. Clark, Department of Arkansas. 



44 FIFTY-FOURTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

Committee on Gettysburg Peace Monument. 

Ell Torrance, Minneapolis, Minn., Chairman. 

John E. Gilman, Boston, Mass. 

James Tanner, Washington, D. C. 

JElias R. Monfort, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Oscar A. Janes, Detroit, Mich. 

Levi G. McCauley, West Chester, Pa. 

David Beem, Spencer, Ind. 

George W. Martin, Brookfield, Maine. 

L. L. Cadwell, Decorah, Iowa. 

John B. Banderob, Oshkosh, Wis. 

George Breck, New York, N. Y. 

Thomas H. Brown, Sioux Falls, S. D. 

Thomas S. Hopkins, Washington, D. C. 

William H. Harries, Minneapolis, Minn. 

E. L. Hawk, Sacramento, Calif. 

Committee to Consider Federation of All Soldier Organizations. 

Clarendon E. Adams, Omaha, Neb., Chairman. 
Ell Torrance, Minneapolis, Minn. 
Washington Gardner, Albion, Mich. 
W. S. Matthews, Columbus, Ohio. 
W. A. Wetherbee, Boston, Mass. 

Committee on Grant Centennial 

Ell Torrance, Minneapolis, Minn. 
Washington Gardner, Albion, Mich. 
W. J. Patterson, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Cola D. R. Stowits, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Henry J. Seeley, Bridgeport, Conn. 
W. S. Matthews, Columbus, Ohio. 
John B. Inman, Springfield, 111. 
O. H. Oldroyd, Washington, D. C. " 
E. L. Hawk, Sacramento, Calif. 






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